Full Description
BASIC AND ADVANCED COUNSELING SKILLS, International Edition provides a unique emphasis on skill assessment, helping students evaluate and improve their counseling techniques. The authors use a framework of self-assessment tools and guided observations by experienced counselors-the Skilled Counselor Training Model-to encourage students to develop an accurate appraisal of their own skill levels. The text also offers training on how to transfer counseling skills to actual counseling sessions.
Contents
1. Introduction to the Skilled Counselor Training Model (SCTM). 2. Pretraining Assessments of Counseling Related Traits And Skills. 3. The SCTM Exploring Stage Part I: The Attending Process. 4. The SCTM Exploring Stage Part II: Questioning and Reflecting Process. 5. The Understanding Stage Part I: The Interchangeable Empathy Process and Related Skills. 6. The Understanding Stage Part II: The Additive Empathy Process and Related Skills. 7. The Acting State Part I: Decision-Making Process and Related Skills. 8. The Acting Stage Part II: Contracting Process and Related Skills. 9. Putting It All Together. 10. Post-Assessment of Counseling Skills, Self, and Expert Ratings, and Implications For Use With Clients. 11. Using The Skilled Counselor Training Model (SCTM) in Multicultural Counseling. 12. Using The Skills in Counseling Based on Three Different Theoretical Approaches. 13. Assessment of Counseling Outcomes. Appendix A: Counseling Self Estimate Inventory Pretest/Post-Test. Appendix B: Self Monitoring Scale Pretest/Post-Test. Appendix C: Skilled Counseling Scale Pretest/Post-Test. Appendix D: Skilled Counseling Scale: Sample Student and Expert Profiles. Appendix E: Examples of Interpersonal Communication Styles. Appendix F: Commonly Used Affect Words. Appendix G: Understanding Stage "You Feel" Statements. Appendix H: Understanding Stage "I Feel" Statements. Appendix I: Skilled Counseling Scale: Sample Student and Expert Ratings. Appendix J: Counselor Rating Form. Appendix K: Goal Attainment Scale.
