Professional Counselor, The: A Process Guide to Helping

by Hackney, Harold L.; Cormier, Sherry

• ISBN13: 9780205410651
• ISBN10: 0205410650
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

The new edition of this popular text gives the counseling student and beginning counselor the skills, interventions and strategies needed to develop a conceptual orientation, plan therapy, and assess its effectiveness. Highlights of the 5th edition: bull; bull;Skill summary tables help the reader identify specific interventions that are used to work with affective, cognitive, behavioral, and systemic agendas. bull;Chapter 12 has been completely revised to include three important counselor functions: Crisis intervention, Consultation, and Peer Supervision. bull; bull;Introduces strategies for responding to counseling crises in school or community settings. Stages of crisis intervention, established skills and interventions that respond to crisis, and planning for post-crisis support are included. bull;Introduces strategies for planning consultation activities in the school or agency and for ways to organize effective peer supervision activities during and after training. Students are prepared to continue their growth beyond the formal training process. bull;Provides structure for establishing peer supervision relationships for the advanced- or post-graduate counselor, including stages of peer supervision development, skills and interventions appropriate to peer supervision, and client-support. Visit our Helping Professions Supersite at www.ablongman.com/helpingprofessions for additional resources!

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
1 The Context for Counseling	1	(22)
What Is Counseling?	2	(1)
The Parameters of Counseling	3	(6)
Counseling Conditions and Their Effects	9	(4)
Case Illustration of Possible Counseling Outcomes	13	(1)
Characteristics of Effective Helpers	13	(7)
The Developmental Nature of Learning to Counsel 19
Summary	20	(1)
Exercises	20	(1)
Discussion Questions	21	(1)
Additional Resources	22	(1)
2 Stages and Skills of Counseling	23	(22)
Steps in the Counseling Process	24	(11)
The Client's Experience in Counseling	35	(6)
Dependence and Growth	41	(1)
Summary	41	(1)
Exercises	42	(1)
Discussion Questions	43	(1)
Additional Resources	43	(2)
3 Building Rapport and Relationship	45	(31)
Characteristics of the Real Relationship	46	(5)
Communicating Empathy	51	(10)
Conditions That Convey Genuineness	61	(4)
Conditions That Convey Positive Regard	65	(1)
Functions of a Therapeutic Relationship	66	(1)
Effects of Therapeutic Relationships on Clients	67	(1)
Case Illustration of Relationship Building	68	(2)
Children and the Counseling Relationship	70	(1)
Summary	70	(1)
Exercises	71	(3)
Feedback for Exercises	74	(1)
Discussion Questions	75	(1)
Additional Resources	75	(1)
4 Assessing Client Problems	76	(24)
Purposes of Assessment	77	(1)
Components of Assessment	78	(5)
Clinical Assessment with Children	83	(2)
Clinical Assessment with Couples and Families	85	(1)
Using Assessment Information	86	(1)
Skills Associated with Assessment	87	(3)
Effects of Assessment on Clients	90	(1)
Case Illustration of Intake Interview	91	(5)
Integration of Problem Definition Information with Treatment Planning	96	(1)
Summary	96	(1)
Exercises	97	(1)
Feedback for Exercises	98	(1)
Discussion Questions	98	(1)
Additional Resources	99	(1)
5 Developing Counseling Goals	100	(22)
Functions of Counseling Goals	101	(1)
Parameters of Goal Setting: Process and Outcome Goals	102	(1)
Three Elements of Good Outcome Goals	103	(1)
Obstacles in Developing Specific Goals	104	(2)
Skills Associated with Goal Setting	106	(4)
Effects of Goal Setting on Clients	110	(1)
Goal Setting with Children	111	(1)
Goal Setting and Multicultural Issues	112	(1)
Existential and Spiritual Goal Setting	113	(1)
Client Participation in Goal Setting	114	(1)
Resistance to Goal Setting	115	(1)
Case Illustration of Goal Setting	116	(3)
Summary	119	(1)
Exercises	120	(1)
Feedback for Exercises	120	(1)
Discussion Questions	121	(1)
Additional Resources	121	(1)
6 Defining Strategies and Selecting Interventions	122	(22)
Theory and Case Conceptualization	124	(1)
Worldview and Case Conceptualization	124	(2)
Conceptualizing Presenting Problems	126	(2)
Diagnosis and Case Conceptualization	128	(1)
Time Orientation and Case Conceptualization	129	(1)
Goals and Treatment Planning	130	(1)
Strategy Selection	131	(1)
Categories of Counseling Interventions	132	(3)
Case Illustration of Strategy and Interventions Selection	135	(1)
Defining a Counseling Strategy	136	(2)
Strategies for Working with Children	138	(1)
Summary	139	(1)
Exercises	139	(3)
Feedback for Exercises	142	(1)
Discussion Questions	143	(1)
Additional Resources	143	(1)
7 Affective Interventions	144	(34)
Theories That Stress the Importance of Feelings	145	(1)
Affective Interventions	146	(2)
Helping Clients Express Affect	148	(1)
Nonverbal Affect Cues	149	(1)
Verbal Affect Cues	150	(6)
Helping Clients Sort Out Feelings	156	(4)
Focusing Techniques	160	(1)
Case Illustrations of Focusing	161	(2)
Helping Clients Integrate or Change Feeling States	163	(1)
Case Illustration of Integrating New Feelings	163	(2)
Case Illustration of Role Reversal	165	(2)
Case Illustration of the Alter Ego	167	(2)
Case Illustration of the Empty Chair	169	(2)
Case Illustration of Dreamwork	171	(4)
Client Reactions to Affective Interventions	175	(1)
Summary	175	(1)
Exercises	176	(1)
Discussion Questions	177	(1)
Additional Resources	177	(1)
8 Cognitive Interventions	178	(34)
Theories That Stress the Importance of Cognitive Processes	179	(1)
Goals of Cognitive Intervention	180	(1)
Culture and Cognitive Processes	180	(1)
Assessment of Cognitive Problems	181	(3)
Cognitive Intervention Strategies	184	(3)
Case Illustration of A-B-C-D Analysis	187	(6)
Injunctions and Redecision Work	193	(1)
Case Illustration of Injunctions and Redecision Work	194	(1)
Cognitive Restructuring	195	(4)
Paradoxical Interventions	199	(2)
Case Illustration of Paradoxical Restrain	201	(1)
Cognitive Interventions with Spiritual Issues	202	(2)
Client Reactions to Cognitive Strategies	204	(3)
Exercises	207	(2)
Feedback for Exercises	209	(1)
Discussion Questions	210	(1)
Additional Resources	210	(2)
9 Behavioral Interventions	212	(46)
Theories That Stress the Importance of Behavior	213	(2)
Goals of Behavioral Intervention	215	(2)
Basic Behavioral Skills	217	(2)
Behavioral Interventions	219	(9)
Modeling, Rehearsal, and Feedback: Components of Skill Training	228	(2)
Case Illustration of Skill Training	230	(9)
Case Illustration of Anxiety Reduction	239	(2)
Self-Management	241	(8)
Case Illustration of Self-Management	249	(1)
Client Reactions to Behavioral Intervention	250	(3)
Summary	253	(1)
Exercises	253	(3)
Discussion Questions	256	(1)
Additional Resources	256	(2)
10 Systemic Interventions	258	(32)
Theories That Stress the Importance of Systems	259	(2)
Interpersonal Systems Thinking	261	(2)
Altering Communication Patterns	263	(1)
Communication Skill Building	263	(2)
Case Illustration of Distancer/Pursuer	265	(7)
Altering Family Structure	272	(4)
Case Illustration of Family Sculpture	276	(6)
Working with Families Strategically	282	(3)
Selecting Interventions	285	(2)
Summary	287	(1)
Exercises	288	(1)
Discussion Questions	288	(1)
Additional Resources	289	(1)
11 Termination and Follow-Up	290	(19)
The Termination Stage	291	(4)
Termination as a Process	295	(3)
The Referral Process	298	(2)
Blocks to Termination	300	(2)
Case Illustration of Termination	302	(4)
Summary	306	(1)
Exercises	307	(1)
Discussion Questions	307	(1)
Additional Resources	308	(1)
12 Applying Counseling Skills to Other Counselor Functions 309
PART I: CRISIS COUNSELING	309	(17)
Models of Crisis Intervention	310	(2)
Stages of Crisis Intervention	312	(1)
Counselor Skills and Interventions in Crisis Counseling Stages	313	(5)
Crisis Intervention Cases in Context	318	(8)
PART II: THE COUNSELOR AS CONSULTANT	326	(7)
Consultation Services	326	(1)
Models of Consultation	327	(1)
Cultural Differences in Consultation	328	(1)
Stages of Consultation	329	(1)
Skills and Interventions Associated with Consultation	329	(4)
PART III: THE COUNSELOR AS PEER SUPERVISOR	333	(8)
Supervision as Distinct from Consultation	333	(1)
Peer Supervision	334	(1)
The Supervisory Process	334	(1)
Skills Involved in Peer Supervision	335	(3)
Summary	338	(1)
Discussion Questions	339	(1)
Additional Resources	340	(1)
APPENDIX A: Integrative Practice Exercises	341	(10)
APPENDIX B: Forms and Guides for Use in Counseling Practice	351	(16)
References	367	(22)
Index	389