Basic Interviewing : A Practical Guide for Counselors and Clinicians

by Hersen, Michel; Van Hasselt, Vincent B.

• ISBN13: 9780805823691
• ISBN10: 0805823697
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135885274
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This book offers clear and direct answers to the questions most frequently asked by students and trainees learning how to talk to clients and extract critical data from them. Its development reflects the old adage that "necessity is the mother of invention." For many years, the editors taught beginning level mental health clinicians. They found, however, no text to be satisfactory--including a number that they themselves were involved in producing. Some were too difficult; some were too simplistic; some were too doctrinaire; still others had missing elements. Written in a reader-friendly "how-to" style, the chapters in Basic Interviewingare not weighed down by references. Rather, each contributor suggests readings for students and instructors who wish to pursue questions further. After the initial overview chapter, there are 12 chapters addressing the nuts-and-bolts concerns of all clinicians that can be particularly vexing for neophytes. They cover a variety of issues from the most specific--like how to begin and end interviews--to the more general--like how to build rapport and identify targets for treatment. Throughout, rich clinical illustrations facilitate the pragmatic application of fundamental principles. Beginning graduate students in counseling and clinical psychology, social work, and other allied mental health fields, as well as psychiatric trainees, will find this text to be an indispensable companion.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
1 General Issues	1	(22)
Jan Faust
2 Beginning the Interview and Confidentiality	23	(18)
Maureen Kenny
3 Rapport, Empathy, and Reflection	41	(16)
Faye E. Johnston
Vincent B. Van Hasselt
Michel Hersen
4 History of the Presenting Complaint	57	(16)
G. Stennis Watson
Alan M. Gross
5 Social History	73	(14)
Bunny Falk
6 The Medical History	87	(20)
Oscar G. Bukstein
7 The Mental Status Examination	107	(22)
Charles J. Golden
Philinda Smith Hutchings
8 Writing Up the Intake Interview	129	(22)
Daniel L. Segal
9 Dealing With Defensiveness	151	(14)
Steven N. Gold
10 Dealing With the Overtalkative Client	165	(16)
William I. Dorfman
11 Ending the Interview	181	(16)
Eric F. Wagner
Jon D. Kassel
Shannon I. Jackson
12 Knowing When to Refer	197	(20)
William J. Burns
Clio V. Hatziyannakis
13 Identifying Targets for Treatment	217	(18)
Warren W. Tryon
Author Index	235	(2)
Subject Index	237	(2)
About the Editors	239