Counseling the Communicatively Disabled and Their Families: A Manual for Clinicians

by Shames, George H.

• ISBN13: 9780205307999
• ISBN10: 020530799X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

The purpose of the text is to help speech language pathologists and audiologists learn the basics of counseling. The book emphasizes the development of specific interviewing and counseling skills. This is a critical area in the practice of communication

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(3)
Getting Comfortable with Counseling	4	(8)
The Relationship between Speech/Language/Hearing Therapy and Counseling	12	(5)
The Clinical Relationship	17	(5)
The Counseling Interview	22	(8)
The Microcounseling Approach	28	(2)
Listening and Attending	30	(5)
Specific Facilitative Interviewing Behaviors	35	(22)
Attending Behaviors	36	(2)
Open Invitation to Talk	38	(1)
Closed Invitations to Talk	39	(2)
Minimal Encouragers to Talk	41	(2)
Selective Attention	43	(1)
Paraphrasing Content	44	(2)
Summarizing Content	46	(1)
Reflecting Feeling	47	(5)
Summarizing Feelings	52	(5)
More Advanced Interviewing and Counseling Skills	57	(18)
Sharing	58	(3)
Confrontation	61	(2)
Interpretation	63	(7)
Clarification	70	(5)
Special Events	75	(8)
Silence	76	(1)
Crying	77	(2)
Emotional Expressions toward the Counselor	79	(4)
Facilitative Holistic Attributes of the Counseling Interview	83	(24)
Nonfacilitative Holistic Attributes of the Clinical Interview	107	(29)
Special Client Populations	136	(14)
Needs and Goals	138	(1)
Accessing Content and Feelings	138	(5)
Finding Exceptions/Emphasizing the Positive	143	(1)
The Assignment	144	(2)
Conversation Repair	146	(1)
Affirmations	147	(1)
Humor	147	(3)
Some Comments about the Outcomes of Therapy	150	(9)
Transcript of Counseling Session	152	(4)
Summary and Conclusions	156	(3)
References and Bibliography	159	(4)
Appendix A: Forms for Evaluating Clinical Interviews	163	(4)
Appendix B; Words to Describe Feelings	167	(4)
Index	171