Full Description
Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy, 3rd edition, helps students in introductory counseling courses prepare for practice with real clients by learning to think in a new way, rather than simply learning and using a set of steps.
Chapters are infused with real-world clinical case examples and opportunities for readers to apply the material to the cases being presented. New sections focused on the use of mental models, theory of mind, and concrete strategies for intervention are specifically designed to engage the reader's natural non-linear thinking, and transcript material both from cases and from master therapists themselves are interwoven throughout the text.
Contents
Acknowledgment Introduction: Learning to Think Like a Therapist: Characteristics of Expert Therapist Thinking and Why It Is Important to Learn How to Think Like a Therapist 1. Overview of the State of Psychotherapy and the Domains of Competence 2. The Domain of Connecting with and Engaging the Client: Listening 3. The Domain of Connecting with and Engaging the Client: Responding 4. The Domain of Assessment: Clients' Symptoms, Stages of Change, Needs, Strengths, and Resources 5. The Domain of Assessment: The Theme Behind a Client's Narrative, Therapeutic Goals, and Client Input About Goal Achievement 6. The Domain of Establishing and Maintaining the Therapeutic Relationship and the Therapeutic Alliance: Relationship Building 7. The Domain of Establishing and Maintaining the Therapeutic Relationship and the Therapeutic Alliance: The Therapeutic Alliance 8. The Domain of Understanding Clients' Cognitive Schemas: Foundations 9. The Domain of Understanding Clients' Cognitive Schemas: Assessment and Clinical Conceptualization 10. The Domain of Addressing and Managing Clients' Emotional States: Basic Understandings 11. The Domain of Addressing and Managing Clients' Emotional States: Managing Common Negative Emotions in Therapy 12. The Domain of Addressing and Resolving Ambivalence: Understanding and Identifying Client Ambivalence 13. The Domain of Addressing and Resolving Ambivalence: Working with and Resolving Client Ambivalence 14. Summary and the Disengagement/Engagement Hypothesis
