The Helping Relationship: Process and Skills

by Brammer, Lawrence M.; MacDonald, Ginger

• ISBN13: 9780205290420
• ISBN10: 0205290426
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This book describes, in non-technical language, the human helping process and provides training for anyone interested in becoming a helper. Using a systematic approach, the text focuses on how to help people help themselves. The seventh edition is complete with examples and step-by-step outlines of how to begin developing basic counseling skills. Important personal issues of being a helper are raised for the readers to consider as they enter professional or paraprofessional roles as helpers.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
1 Helping: What Does It Mean?	1	(25)
What Is Your View of Helping?	1	(2)
The Helping Process	3	(1)
Facilitating Helpee Growth	4	(1)
Responsibility	5	(2)
Helping by Agreement	7	(1)
Meeting Helpee Needs	8	(2)
Seeking Wellness	10	(2)
Motives: To Be or Not to Be a Helper	12	(1)
Science and Art of Helping	13	(1)
Effectiveness of Helping	14	(1)
Professionals and Paraprofessionals	14	(4)
Community Helping	18	(1)
Peer and Cross-Age Helping	18	(2)
Self-Help Groups	20	(1)
Helping Is Learning Self-Help Coping Skills	21	(1)
Helping Skills Model for Understanding, Support, and Action	22	(2)
Suggestions for Further Study	24	(2)
2 Characteristics of Helpers	26	(22)
Why Is Helping Effective in Assisting People to Grow?	26	(1)
Levels and Styles of Functioning	27	(9)
The Helper Personality	36	(9)
A Concluding Statement	45	(2)
Suggestions for Further Study	47	(1)
3 The Helping Process	48	(22)
Relationship	48	(4)
The Helping Process as Experienced	52	(2)
Stages in the Helping Process	54	(14)
A Process Dilemma	68	(1)
Suggestions for Further Study	69	(1)
4 Helping Skills for Understanding	70	(28)
Rationale for Skills Training	70	(1)
Skill Cluster 1: Listening	71	(5)
Skill Cluster 2: Leading	76	(4)
Skill Cluster 3: Reflecting	80	(3)
Skill Cluster 4: Challenging	83	(6)
Skill Cluster 5: Interpreting	89	(4)
Skill Cluster 6: Informing	93	(2)
Skill Cluster 7: Summarizing	95	(2)
Suggestions for Further Study	97	(1)
5 Helping Skills for Loss and Crisis	98	(27)
Human Conditions of Concern	99	(2)
Definitions of Terms	101	(7)
Strategies for Helping in Crises	108	(7)
Skills for Support and Crisis Management	115	(8)
Suggestions for Further Study	123	(2)
6 Helping Skills for Positive Action and Behavior Change	125	(28)
The Action Approach to Helping	126	(1)
Problems and Goals	127	(4)
Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Planning	131	(7)
Behavior Changing	138	(14)
Suggestions for Further Study	152	(1)
7 Ethical Issues in Helping Relationships	153	(11)
What Are Ethics?	153	(2)
Helper Self-Care	155	(1)
Ethics and Interpersonal Relationships	156	(3)
Helper Competence and Limitations	159	(2)
Emergency/Crisis Response	161	(1)
Suggestions for Further Study	162	(1)
Websites	163	(1)
8 Thinking about the Helping Process	164	(23)
Theory as a Guide	164	(1)
A Personal Theory of Helpfulness	165	(6)
General Theories of the Helping Process	171	(6)
Social Issues	177	(2)
Tying Theory to the Practice of Helping Skills	179	(2)
When Helpees Do Not Change	181	(2)
Helping through Groups	183	(1)
Personal Epilogue	184	(1)
Suggestions for Further Study	184	(3)
Bibliography	187	(6)
Index	193