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The professional helper : the fundamentals of being a helping professional / by Willie V. Bryan, ED.D.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bryan, Willie V., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Counseling.
- Social service.
- Human services.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (357 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Springfield, Illinois : Charles C Thomas, Publisher, Limited, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The professional helper should be a teacher, a mentor, a motivator and a guide when assisting helpees find solutions to their life situations. Most clients have within themselves the answers to most if not all of their life situations; quite often, what they need is someone to assist them in sifting through and evaluating the various possible responses for a situation. This revised and expanded new edition continues the theme of the first edition in providing a basic understanding of the various kinds of helping relationships and characteristics that an effective helper must possess. An overview of the major issues the United States has encountered, and to some degree successfully overcome with the involvement of the helping professional, is presented. The Professional Helper will be a beneficial text to all counseling students, as well as students in social work, human resources, psychology, sociology, and human relations.
- Contents:
- Preface
- The professional helper
- The helping relationship
- Understanding self
- Understanding human behavior
- Understanding cultural differences
- Understanding disabilities
- Understanding religions
- Understanding resources
- Helping professional's roles in cultural evolution
- Future challenges for helpers
- Analysis of a professional helping relationship
- Understanding individual counseling
- Understanding family counseling
- Conclusion
- Name index
- Subject index.
- Notes:
- Revised edition of the author's The professional helper, 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-398-09086-6
- OCLC:
- 915775007
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