The Elements of Counseling: Eighth Edition

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Waveland Press, 2019 M03 21 - 105 pages

The Elements of Counseling distills the basic elements of counseling—what it is and what it is not—in a highly accessible outline format. Meier and Davis present essential information for both beginning and experienced counselors and include valuable counselor-client dialogues to demonstrate skill application in real-world scenarios. The latest edition is enhanced with updates on emotional avoidance, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, personalized interventions, progress monitoring and outcome assessment, and Barlow’s Unified Protocol. Simple, clear, and practical, this popular primer establishes a conceptual framework on which students of all helping professions can establish and build their counseling knowledge.

 

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Contents

Setting the Stage Counseling Process
1
Strategies to Assist Clients in SelfExploration
21
A Few Mistaken Assumptions
31
Important Topics
37
Counselor Know Thyself
59
A Brief Introduction to Intervention
67
References
89
Index
103
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TitleThe Elements of Counseling: Eighth Edition
AuthorsScott T. Meier, Susan R. Davis
PublisherWaveland Press, 2019
ISBN1478639229, 9781478639220
Length105 pages
  
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