Helping Skills
Title | Helping Skills PDF eBook |
Author | Clara E. Hill |
Publisher | Amer Psychological Assn |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 9781557985729 |
This book presents a three-stage model of helping, grounded in 25 years of research, that can be used to assist individuals who are struggling with emotional or transitional difficulties. To master the skills they need to lead clients through the Exploration, Insight, and Action stages, students are given both theoretical guidance and opportunities for formulating solutions to hypothetical clinical problems. Grounded in client-centered, psychoanalytic, and cognitive-behavioral theory, this book offers an integrative approach. Tables and lists supplement the text, along with clinical examples.--From publisher's description.
An Introduction to Helping Skills
Title | An Introduction to Helping Skills PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Westergaard |
Publisher | SAGE |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2016-11-08 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1473988071 |
Readers will be introduced to the three core approaches of counselling, coaching and mentoring, and shown how they work across a variety of settings, including therapy, teaching, social work and nursing. Part 1 takes readers through the theory, approaches and skills needed for helping work, and includes chapters on: The differences and similarities of counselling, coaching and mentoring Foundational and advanced skills for effective helping Supervision and reflective practice Ethical helping and working with diversity Part 2 shows how helping skills look in practice, in a variety of different helping professions. 10 specially-written case studies show you the intricacies of different settings and client groups, including work in schools, hospitals, telephone helplines and probation programs.
Applied Helping Skills
Title | Applied Helping Skills PDF eBook |
Author | Leah Brew |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Pages | 622 |
Release | 2016-06-23 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1483375714 |
With its practical, experiential approach, the Second Edition of Applied Helping Skills: Transforming Lives covers the basic skills and core interventions needed to begin seeing clients. By approaching therapy as an art rather than from a prescriptive diagnostic position, this text encourages readers to look at every situation differently and draw from their embedded knowledge to best serve the individuals in their care. Authors Leah Brew and Jeffrey A. Kottler weave humor and passion into their engaging prose, effectively conveying their excitement and satisfaction for doing helping work.
Helping Skills and Strategies
Title | Helping Skills and Strategies PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas M. Skovholt |
Publisher | Ingram |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Counseling |
ISBN | 9780891083276 |
Presents an approach to skill development that revolves around four core areas: exploring client concerns, promoting client understanding, charting a new course, and working for positive change. This text leads students in developing helping skills. It features hypothetical dialogues at the end of each chapter showing skills for effective helping.
CRISIS INTERVENTION
Title | CRISIS INTERVENTION PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth France |
Publisher | Charles C Thomas Publisher |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 2015-07-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0398081093 |
In this exceptional new sixth edition, the author has retained the practical framework for offering immediate problem-solving assistance to persons in crisis. Therefore, the goal of this updated and expanded edition is to provide knowledge and methods applicable to particular crisis circumstances. Specific topics include: core concepts that are fundamental to all intervention efforts, crisis theory and the philosophy of crisis intervention, basic communication and problem-solving skills, suicide prevention, assistance for terminally ill persons, bereavement counseling, intervention with crime victims, rape counseling, negotiating with armed perpetrators, group strategies, family and marital interventions, disaster relief, case management, physical facilities, modes of contact, community relations, selection, training, and burnout prevention procedures. The handbook also details a review of the research on crisis intervention and how individual intervenors can build upon that knowledge. Numerous case examples presented in the handbook (with fictitious names) are based on actual occurrences the author has encountered. The techniques in this book are applicable to crisis centers, hotlines, Internet-based services, victim-assistance programs, college counseling centers, hospitals, schools, correctional facilities, children and youth programs, and other human service settings. The Study Questions at the end of each chapter are designed to serve as useful applications of crisis intervention theories and principles. Intended for caregivers whose work involves crisis intervention efforts, this is an informative resource for counselors, social workers, psychologists, nurses, physicians, clergy, correctional officers, parole and probation officers, and lay volunteers.
Helping Skills for Working with College Students
Title | Helping Skills for Working with College Students PDF eBook |
Author | Monica Galloway Burke |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2016-06-17 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1317307305 |
A primary role of student affairs professionals is to help college students dealing with developmental transitions and coping with emotional difficulties. Becoming an effective helping professional requires the complex integration of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and professional awareness, and knowledge. For graduate students preparing to become student affairs practitioners, this textbook provides the skills necessary to facilitate the helping process and understand how to respond to student concerns and crises, including how to make referrals to appropriate campus or community resources. Focusing on counseling concepts and applications essential for effective student affairs practice, this book develops the conceptual frameworks, basic counseling skills, interventions, and techniques that are necessary for student affairs practitioners to be effective, compliant, and ethical in their helping and advising roles. Rich in pedagogical features, this textbook includes questions for reflection, theory to practice exercises, case studies, and examples from the field.
Skills for Helping Professionals
Title | Skills for Helping Professionals PDF eBook |
Author | Anne M. Geroski |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Pages | 493 |
Release | 2016-01-04 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1483365115 |
Written specifically for non-clinical undergraduate students, but also relevant to graduate studies in helping professions, Skills for Helping Professionals, by Anne M. Geroski focuses on helping students develop the skills they need to effectively initiate and maintain helping relationships. After exploring the literature identifying critical components of helping relationships and briefly reviewing developmental and helping theories, the text covers such topics as the helping process, self-awareness, and ethics in helping, and then focuses on specific helping skills such as listening and hearing, empathy, reflecting, paraphrasing, questioning, clarifying, exploring, and offering feedback, encouragement, and psycho-education. The final chapters focus on individuals in crisis and helping in groups.