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Ideas and Tools for Brief Counseling
ISBN-10: 0130799858
ISBN-13: 9780130799852
Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2002
Format: Paper; 259 pp
Published: 06/19/2001
For courses in Brief Counseling, Brief Therapy, Intervention Techniques, and Counseling Practicum.
This practical text is the first of its kind to fully integrate theory and technique of brief counseling while presenting the relationship as the key to any successful intervention. All chapters include ideas and tools for brief counseling and case studies that take the reader step-by-step through the techniques of the first session and beyond. The text is written to engage readers and invite them to participate in both self-exploration and discovery.
This product accompanies:
Presbury, Echterling & McKee,
Beyond Brief Counseling and Therapy: An Integrative Approach, 2/E
Refers to the story again and again in order to provide readers with a deeper understanding of the ideas portrayed and to teach them how to practice the tools of brief counseling. Ex.___
Offers a richer understanding of the case studies; expands each reader's self-awareness; increases reader insight into the change process. Ex.___
Offers readers the opportunity to see how a brief counselor can work with clients whose stories are presented at the beginning of the chapters and invites readers to review the process, to reflect on dynamics, and to propose their own interventions. Ex.___
Invites readers to explore their thoughts and reactions regarding the chapter story and other activities. Ex.___
Encourages readers to practice skills and then discuss the activity. This will build confidence in the use of the techniques. Ex.___
Blends Narrative, Solution Focused, Adlerian, Constructivism, and Rogerian theories in order to prepare readers to approach the material without having to disown their previous theoretical viewpoint. Ex.___
1. History of Brief Counseling: The Fly Bottle.
2. Facilitating Change: The One Constant.
3. The Centrality of the Counseling Relationship: No Magic Tricks.
4. Helping Clients Frame Goals: The Pull of the Future.
5. Constructivist Counseling: Inventing Realities.
6. Narrative Counseling: Clients' Lives as Stories.
7. Managing the Clients' Emotional Arousal: Hot-Wiring.
8. Using Mystifying Techniques: Turning Stumbling Blocks into Stepping Stones.
9. Chaos and Complexity in Counseling: Butterflies and Loaded Dice.
10. The Reflecting Team, Consulting Break, and Offering Suggestions.
11. The “Brief Attitudes,” the Second Session, and Beyond.
12. Dealing with Involuntaries and Revisiting the First Session.
References.
Index.
Counseling Interventions
(Counseling)
Brief Therapy
(Counseling)
Practicum and Internship
(Counseling)

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