Authoritative yet accessible, Fundamentals of the Helping Process, Second Edition, meets the training and skill-development needs of novice and experienced practitioners. The realm of professional helpers has grown to include community workers, educators, clergy, paraprofessionals, and peer counselors. Tapping the most recent research, Parsons introduces readers to theories, techniques, skills, and processes within a framework that prizes and respects unconditional valuing and care—the hallmarks of human helping. The latest edition includes discussions of a solution-focused approach, materials reflecting stage-based models of change, expanded coverage of the value and utility of “theory” as the framework of reflective practice, and “Keystones of Helping,” succinct reminders of each chapter’s main points. Engaging real-life cases demonstrate the applicability of key concepts, and interactive exercises animate skill development and personal reflection. --- from the publisher Contents: 1. Being a Helper Helping: A Special Kind of Interpersonal Process and Response / The Nature of Effective Helping / Characteristics of Effective Helpers 2. Helping: First and Foremost a Relationship The Helping Relationship—Necessary and Sufficient? / The Components and Sequence of Helping 3. From Here to There: Moving through the Helping Process Stage I: Coming Together—Building a Helping Alliance / Stagz II: Exploring Together—Reconnaissance / Stage III: Acting Together—Intervention 4. Connecting: The Skills of Listening and Understanding Obstacles to Listening / Learning to Listen / Becoming an Active-Empathic Listener 5. Exploration A Systematic View of Exploration / Exploring through the Use of Observational Skills / Exploring through the Art of Questioning / Exploration as an Initial Assessment / Inviting a Flood of Information 6. Focusing: Moving the Helpee toward Clarification Clarification / Summarization / Confrontation / Interpretation 7. From Problems to Goals Helping as a Goal-Oriented Process / Defining the Nature and Scope of the Problem / BASIC ID / Setting Priorities and Finding a Place to Start / Moving from Problem Identification to Goal Specification 8. Pathfinding: A Process of Strategy Development A Practical Problem-Solving Approach to Pathfinding / Techniques Used in Pathfinding 9. Call to Action Roadblocks / Recognizing Facilitating and Inhibiting Forces 10. Evaluation and Termination Evaluation / Preparing for Termination / Termination / Follow-Up 11. Special Concerns for Helpers Transference/Countertransference / Burnout 12. Crisis Intervention The Nature of Crisis Intervention / A Model of Crisis Intervention / Suicide: A Crisis Needing Intervention 13. Theories and Models The Need for Models and Theories / Three Examples Chosen from a Great Array of Models / Technical Eclecticism: An Alternative Approach 14. The How and Why of Referral Knowing When to Refer / Available Resources / Making a Referral 15. Helping: Opportunities and Responsibilities The Need for Guidelines / Professional Standards as Guidelines / Incorporating Guidelines Appendix: Major Professional Organizations
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