Becoming a skilled counselor / Richard D. Parsons, Naijian Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parsons, Richard D.

Contributor:

Zhang, Naijian.

Series:

Sage knowledge.

Counseling and professional identity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Counseling.

Helping behavior.

Counselor and client.

Human services.

Social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2016.

Summary:

The core text for counselor skill development, Becoming a Skilled Counselor prepares students with the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to be effective helpers. Authors Richard D. Parsons and Naijian Zhang explain the essentials of the counseling relationship, the dynamic and intentional nature of the helping process, the knowledge and skills necessary to facilitate change and the theories and research guiding the selection and application of interventions. Uniquely focused on the process of counseling, the authors' approach invites students to conceptualize clients using a fluid and dynamic model rather than a linear, step-by-step process. Each chapter is structured to reinforce concepts by first introducing the key constructs and empirical support, then providing application opportunities through detailed case illustrations with dialogue transcripts and guided practice exercises. ...

Contents:

Part I. Counseling : a process and a profession

Part II. The elements and dynamics of counseling

Part III. Counselor as professional

Part IV. Applying what we know.

Notes:

Part of the SAGE Knowledge collection.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on MARC record for print version.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781506374444 (ebook) :

OCLC:

1017713410

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.