Full Description
This pragmatic book explains the "how" of integrating counselor training into practice by bridging the gap between educational knowledge, clinical skill, and counselor identity. Drs. Jude and Julius Austin combine their personal and professional experiences with contributions from other skilled clinicians to break down the counseling process and inspire counselor confidence in the ongoing quest to do counseling well.
Following an introduction to basic counseling ethics and several types of sessions, each stage of counseling is explored, including presession preparation, meeting the client, building the therapeutic relationship, managing and trusting the process, developing a unique personal style, tracking therapeutic progress, ending therapy, and postsession tasks. The discussion then shifts to getting the most from supervision, competent multicultural/antiracist counseling, and the dos and don'ts of distance counseling. A sole case study is presented throughout the book to illustrate therapeutic techniques, and key takeaways are summarized in an epilogue.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Guest Contributors
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Doing Counseling
Chapter 2 Doing Different Types of Sessions
Chapter 3 Presession Preparation
Chapter 4 Meeting the Client
Chapter 5 Managing the Therapeutic Process
Chapter 6 Trusting the Process
Chapter 7 Developing Your Style
Chapter 8 Therapeutic Progress: Stringing Sessions Together
Chapter 9 Postsession Tasks
Chapter 10 Clinical Supervision
Chapter 11 Doing Multicultural and Antiracist Counseling
Chapter 12 Doing Distance Counseling
Epilogue: Putting It Together
References
Index
