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Fundamental Skills for Mental Health Professionals

Autor Linda Seligman
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2008
This book is intended to help students and novice clinicians, as well as more experienced clinicians, in the mental health professions of counseling, psychology, and social work to develop competence in the fundamental skills of their profession. With a solid grounding in such skills as effective use of questions, reflection of feelings, eliciting and modifying dysfunctional thoughts, and behavioral change strategies, clinicians can both acquire a sound understanding of their clients and develop strong helping skills."
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780132292313
ISBN-10: 0132292319
Pagini: 394
Dimensiuni: 191 x 234 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: PEARSON MERRILL PRENTICE HALL
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States

Descriere

This book is intended to help students and novice clinicians, as well as more experienced clinicians, in the mental health professions of counseling, psychology, and social work to develop competence in the fundamental skills of their profession.  With a solid grounding in such skills as effective use of questions, reflection of feelings, eliciting and modifying dysfunctional thoughts, and behavioral change strategies, clinicians can both acquire a sound understanding of their clients and develop strong helping skills.

Cuprins

PART I        ESTABLISHING THE FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS
 
1.    Becoming an Effective Clinician

Entering the World of the Clinician
Characteristics of the Effective Clinician
Other Essential Ingredients of Treatment
Importance of Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy
Making the Transition from Theory to Treatment
Understanding the Helping Professions
Historical Overview
Purpose of this Book
Organization of this Book
Stages of the Treatment Process
Identifying People's Areas of Difficulty
Planning the Treatment
Structure of this Book
How this Book Will Contribute to Your Skill Development
Using This Book Effectively
Promoting Skill Development
Practice Group Exercises
Learning Opportunities
2.    Antecedents to Effective Skill Development: Multicultural Competence, Ethical Understanding, Social Justice, and Others
Paving the Way for Skill Development
Learning Goals for the Chapter
Ethical Standards
Understanding Normal and Abnormal Human Development
Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy
Multicultural Understanding and Competence
Social Justice and Advocacy
Integrating the Mind, Body, and Spirit
Other Areas of Knowledge and Competence
Learning Opportunities
PART II        USING FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS TO UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS BACKGROUND
 
3.    Using Questions Effectively to Gather Information and Understand Background
Example Illustrating Importance of Questions
Purposes That Questions Can Accomplish
The Importance of Purpose
Formulating Helpful Questions
Importance of Background Information
Purposes and Nature of Intake Interviews
Example of an Intake Interview
Learning Opportunities
4.    Additional Skills to Gather Information and Understand Background: Structuring the Initial Session, Early Recollections, Genograms, Life
Chronology
Structuring an Initial Session
Making Discussion of the Past Relevant and Meaningful
Eliciting Strengths from Discussion of Backgroun
Early Recollections
Genograms
The Lifeline or Life Chronology
Learning Opportunities
PART III        USING FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS TO ELICIT AND MODIFY EMOTIONS
 
5.    Using Fundamental Skills to Elicit and Clarify Emotions
Importance of Emotions
Definition of Emotions or Feelings
Benefits of Attending To and Understanding Emotions
Drawbacks to Focusing on Emotions
Guidelines for Understanding and Addressing Emotions
Effective Attending
Tracking
Verbal Encouragers
Summarization
Communicating Accurate Empathy and Reflecting Feelings
Learning Opportunities
6.    Using Fundamental Skills to Contain and Change Emotions
Positive Psychology
Strength-Based Reflections of Feeling
Facilitating Expression and Identification of Emotions
Additional Strategies to Elicit and Identify Emotions
Barriers and Solutions to Eliciting Clients' Emotions
Nonverbal Expressions of Emotion
Using Focusing to Help People Access and Express Emotions
Using Gestalt Strategies to Help People Access and Express Emotions
The Clinician's Verbal and Nonverbal Expression of Emotions
Containment of Emotions
Changing Emotions
Learning Opportunities
PART IV        USING FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS TO IDENTIFY, ASSESS, AND MODIFY THOUGHTS
 
7.    Using Fundamental Skills to Elicit, Assess, and Modify Thoughts and Accompanying Emotions and Actions
The Power of Thoughts
Terminology
Eliciting Thoughts
Providing Education on Cognitive Therapy
Linking Thoughts to Emotions and Actions
Determining Whether Thoughts are Helpful or Harmful
Assessing the Validity of the Thoughts
Categorizing Distorted Thoughts
Modifying Distorted Cognitions
Chaning Emotions and Actions
Rerating Thoughts and Emotions
Overview of Process of Modifying Thoughts
Learning Opportunities
8.    Additional Skills to Elicit, Assess, and Modify Thoughts
Building on Fundamental Cognitive Skills
Reflections of Meaning
Identifying a Focal Concern
Problem Solving
Information Giving
Decision Making
Specific Skills Related to Modifying Thoughts
Positive Self-Talk and Affirmations
Anchoring
Reframing
Thought Stopping
Meditation
Mindfulness Meditation
Journal Writing
Mind Mapping
Learning Opportunities
 PART V        SKILLS TO IDENTIFY, ASSESS, AND CHANGE ACTIONS AND BEHAVIORS
 
9.    Fundamental Skills to Identify, Assess, and Change Actions and Behaviors
Importance of Actions and Behaviors
Development of Behavior Therapy
Describing and Measuring Problematic Actions and Behaviors
Establishing Goals
Creating a Behavior Change Contract
Review of Steps to Effect Behavioral Change
10.  Additional Strategies for Identifying, Assessing, and Changing Actions and Behaviors
Specific Skills to Promote Change in Actions
Developing Between-Session Tasks to Promote Change
Potential Barriers to Change
General Guidelines for Promoting Behavioral Change
Empowerment
Challenge and Caring Confrontation
Visualization
Behavioral Rehearsal
Modeling
Skill Development
Breaking Down Behaviors into Small Steps
Possibility or Presuppositional Language
Relaxation
Systematic Desensitization
PART VI        SOLIDIFYING FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS
 
11.  Reviewing, Integrating, and Reinforcing Learning
Checklist of Clinician Strengths
Characteristics of the Expert Clinician
Opportunity to Apply and Practice Skills
Intake Interview of Samuel Gold
References
Index
 

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This book is intended to help students and novice clinicians, as well as more experienced clinicians, in the mental health professions of counseling, psychology, and social work to develop competence in the fundamental skills of their profession. With a solid grounding in such skills as effective use of questions, reflection of feelings, eliciting and modifying dysfunctional thoughts, and behavioral change strategies, clinicians can both acquire a sound understanding of their clients and develop strong helping skills.