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Visit sagepub.com to explore our complete catalog and for table of contents information. 3 TEXTBOOKS Counseling Skills NEW! THE ESSENTIAL COUNSELOR: Process, Skills, and Techniques THIRD EDITION David Hutchinson, Johnson State College With a warm and passionate writing style, David Hutchinson demonstrates the process of becoming a counselor and developing key skills from start to fi nish. The author gains credibility through his real-world examples and refl ection activities and helps students feel less intimated. The book covers all the key counseling skills learned in a skills/ methods course including skills for engaging a client, tools for engagement, lab practice activities, listening skills, developing empathy, and more advanced skills such as assessment, goal setting and action planning. The book comes with over 20 hours of video demonstrations of key skills in the core chapters. CONTENTS 1: An Invitation to Counseling Work / 2: Getting Started: Skills and Tasks for Engaging a New Client / 3: Skills for Developing the Relationship / 4: Skills for Deepening the Relationship / 5: Assessment, Goal Setting, and Action Planning / 6: Essential Action Skills: Working Toward Goals / 7: Advanced Action Skills: Moving Beyond Stability / 8: Skills for Ending / 9: Skills for Managing Crisis Situations / 10: Exceptional Counseling Challenges / 11: Developing Ethical and Cultural Competency / 12: The Whole Counselor: Maintaining Health and Perspective PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4833-3386-1 • JUNE 2014 • 376 PAGES • PART OF THE SAGE COUNSELING AND PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY SERIES BECOMING A SKILLED COUNSELOR Richard D. Parsons and Naijian J. M. Zhang, both of West Chester University of Pennsylvania The core text for counselor skill development, Becoming a Skilled Counselor prepares students with the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to be effective helpers. Parsons and 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 fl uid and dynamic model rather than a linear, step-by-step process. The text emphasizes mindfulness, intentionality, ethics, and refl ection to aid counselors in their journey of self-discovery and professional identity development. KEY FEATURES • Specifi c CACREP competencies are addressed in each chapter. • Case Illustrations in each chapter profi le a variety of clients and scenarios, providing in-depth verbatim transcripts of client/counselor dialogue. • Comprehensive Cases use dialogue and counselor refl ections to demonstrate the skills described in the previous chapters within an actual counseling session. • Guided Practice Exercises help students practice their counseling skills and develop their professional identity. • Learning Objectives, Keystones, and Recommended Resources help students check their skill mastery. • Video Demonstrations of counseling sessions show skills in action and Author Videos address common challenges students may encounter. • From the Author's Chair features refl ections and insights from the authors. CONTENTS SECTION I: COUNSELING A PROCESS AND A PROFESSION / SECTION II: THE ELEMENTS AND DYNAMICS OF COUNSELING / SECTION III: COUNSELOR AS PROFESSIONAL / SECTION IV: APPLYING WHAT WE KNOW PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4522-0396-6 • ©2014 • 408 PAGES • • ESSENTIAL COUNSELING SKILLS: Practice and Application Guide Sandy Magnuson, Retired Counselor Educator and Professional Counselor • Ken Norem, Retired Counselor Educator and Professional Counselor This practical, step-by-step guide helps students develop and practice essential skills necessary for their careers as counselors. The new edition covers class-tested counseling skills for use with children as well as with adults. The book provides an overview of various skills and constructs related to the practice of professional counselors and helps students develop key skills around empathy, building relationships, case conceptualization, facilitating change, and integration of theory. The book is unique in its focus on activities and application. It also encourages deep refl ection at every stage to help the student internalize the concepts presented. Course participants are encouraged to document their experiences as well as the inferences they derive from those experiences. The guide is developed in the context of a professional journey. Thus, chapters are called "tours" and the contents are provided as an "itinerary," while frequent "tour guide comments" provide background information or direction throughout the text. The text could be used independently or as a supplement for techniques of counseling skills courses. CONTENTS Tour 1: Preparation for Departure: Who Am I and How Do I Interact With Others? / Tour 2: Preparation for Departure: Building Relationships with Basic Listening Skills / Tour 3: Departure: Advanced Facilitation Skills / Tour 4: Traveling With a Theory: Integration and Personalization / Tour 5: Applying Theory: Assessment and Conceptualization / Tour 6: Meeting Clients: Treatment Planning, Progress Monitoring, and Documentation / Tour 7: Consolidation: Celebrating the Journey and Preparing to Go Separate Ways PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4833-3313-7 • APRIL 2014 • 168 PAGES NEW!

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