{"product_id":"counseling-and-helping-skills-critical-techniques-to-becoming-a-counselor-9781516574230","title":"Counseling and Helping Skills: Critical Techniques to Becoming a Counselor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCounseling and Helping Skills: Critical Techniques to Becoming a Counselor\u003c\/em\u003e provides counselors and other helping professionals with a complete guide to developing the skills and competencies necessary to support a diverse spectrum of clients. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The text is divided into two sections. Part I begins with a chapter that describes nine characteristics of an effective counselor and then moves on to chapters that examine foundational, essential, and commonly used skills. Some skills discussed include nonverbal behaviors, forming an equal relationship, non-pathologizing, honoring and respecting clients, listening, empathy, affirmation giving, offering alternatives, self-disclosure, modeling, collaboration, and more. A separate chapter on information-gathering and solution-focused questions is provided next. Part I concludes with a chapter on specialized skills such as advocacy, assessment for lethality, confrontation, cognitive-behavioral responses, interpretation, positive counseling, life-coaching, and crisis, trauma, and disaster counseling. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part II focuses on treatment issues, including chapters dedicated to case conceptualization; case management, such as DSM-5, psychotropic medications, writing case notes, and more; cultural competency, which describes models of culturally competent counseling and considerations when working with eleven select populations; ethical, professional, and legal issues, which examines the purpose of ethical codes, ethical decision-making, ten critical areas in ethical codes, vignettes, best practices, and malpractice insurance. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Comprehensive in nature and filled with valuable insight, \u003cem\u003eCounseling and Helping Skills\u003c\/em\u003e is ideal for graduate-level counseling and related programs. It can also be used by those entering the helping professions to support their transition into the field and serve as a helpful ongoing reference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Edward Neukrug\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of counseling and human services at Old Dominion University. A licensed professional counselor and licensed psychologist, he has experience in outpatient therapy, crisis counseling, substance abuse counseling, couples and family counseling, private practice, and as a school counselor. Dr. Neukrug is a nationally known author, presenter, and researcher. He is the author of eleven books: \u003cem\u003eThe Dictionary of Counseling and Human Services\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSkills and Techniques for Human Service Professionals\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eCounseling Theory and Practice\u003c\/em\u003e (2nd ed.); \u003cem\u003eThe World of the Counselor\u003c\/em\u003e (5th ed.); \u003cem\u003eExperiencing the World of the Counselor: A Workbook for Counselor Educators and Students\u003c\/em\u003e (4th ed.); \u003cem\u003eTheory, Practice and Trends in Human Services: An Introduction to An Emerging Profession\u003c\/em\u003e (6th ed.); \u003cem\u003eEssentials of Testing and Assessment for Counselors, Social Workers, and Psychologists\u003c\/em\u003e (3rd ed.); \u003cem\u003eA Brief Orientation to Counseling: Professional Identity, History, and Standards\u003c\/em\u003e (2nd ed.); \u003cem\u003eSkills and Tools for Today's Counselors and Psychotherapists\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eCounseling and Helping Skills: Critical Techniques for Becoming a Counselor\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eSage Encyclopedia of Theory in Counseling and Psychotherapy\u003c\/em\u003e (editor).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cognella Academic Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50453429223698,"sku":"9781516574230","price":229.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b7848ee5-f2e6-44d9-b0f3-b8347f2e1b7b.jpg?v=1729846498","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/counseling-and-helping-skills-critical-techniques-to-becoming-a-counselor-9781516574230","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}