{"product_id":"skills-for-effective-counseling-a-faith-based-integration-9781514014936","title":"Skills for Effective Counseling: A Faith-Based Integration","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaster Effective Listening and Foundational Intervention for Counseling and Beyond \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone in a helping profession-including professional counselors, spiritual directors, pastoral counselors, chaplains, and lay leaders-needs to develop effective communication skills. But learning these skills is like learning a new language: it takes time and practice to communicate effectively, and lack of practice can lead to declining fluency in this new language. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor both beginning students and seasoned practitioners, \u003ci\u003eSkills for Effective Counseling\u003c\/i\u003e provides a biblically integrated approach to foundational counseling skills. It trains the reader to use crucial microskills such as perceiving, attending, empathic connection, and authenticity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters include textbook features such as sample session dialogues, role plays, and a variety of exercises that will engage different learning styles. Interwoven throughout are special topics related to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eclinical tips for using skills in real-world counseling settings \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebiblical\/theological applications \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecurrent and seminal research on microskills \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emulticultural counseling \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe relevance of skills to interpersonal relationships and broader ministry settings \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis textbook and the accompanying IVP Instructor Resources include all of the activities and assignments that an instructor might need to execute a graduate, undergraduate, or lay course in foundational counseling skills. Professors teaching in CACREP-accredited professional counseling programs will be able to connect specific material in the textbook to the latest CACREP Standards. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis revised edition of \u003ci\u003eSkills for Effective Counseling\u003c\/i\u003e has been updated throughout to incorporate recent research and be even more useful for the classroom. This second edition includes a new chapter on video\/online counseling, discussion of new approaches to biblical and theological integration, updated references, and expanded instructor resources. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Series \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians to support the well-being of their clients. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFred C. Gingrich was professor of counseling at Denver Seminary for sixteen years. He previously taught in Ontario for eight years and directed MA and EdD degrees in counseling at seminaries in the Philippines. He retired as developer and director of the MA in marriage and family therapy program at the Toccoa Falls College School of Graduate Studies. He is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eTreating Trauma in Christian Counseling\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather Davediuk Gingrich taught at Denver Seminary for seventeen years, taught in the Philippines for eight years, and before that counseled and taught in Canada. She currently directs the graduate certificate of trauma therapy program and the MA in counseling ministries program at Toccoa Falls College and offers consultation to counselors treating complex trauma. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eRestoring the Shattered Self\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShattered No More\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eTreating Trauma in Christian Counseling\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eElisabeth Nesbit Wagner is a licensed professional counselor with over twenty years of clinical experience. She served on the faculty of Denver Seminary for ten years and currently works as the director of member care for a missionary organization based in Denver. She speaks and consults nationally on various topics related to generational culture in business and ministry, identity, faith, and career development. 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