Techniques and strategies of psychological counseling

Author: (USA) Allen E. Ivey
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book is a masterpiece by contemporary counseling master Allen E. Ivey and Mary Bradford Ivey. The microskills and strategies for interviews and counseling introduced in the book are currently the most in-depth and widely applied counseling methods. Their correctness and effectiveness have been proven by more than 450 data-based research studies and are extensively used worldwide in the training of professional counselors, nurses, and community volunteers. This book is the new edition of this classic. The author teaches students from different backgrounds to master the basic skills of counseling in a step-by-step manner. From quickly learning listening skills to successfully completing an interview process, to subsequently learning influencing techniques such as confrontation and intentionally guiding the direction of interviews and counseling, to finally integrating techniques to form their own unique and effective helping style, the book's skill introductions progress in a pyramid structure—microskills for interviews. Each introduction of a counseling technique is accompanied by specific, real-life counseling cases and explanations. At the end of each chapter, there are numerous individual and group practice exercises to help readers master the specific techniques and concepts introduced in each chapter. By the end of the study, students will be able to initially learn to organize interviews and counseling from several different theoretical perspectives: client-centered, decisional interviewing, confidence training, brief decisional counseling, and so on. This book encourages counselors to, in practice, form their own unique and effective interview and counseling styles based on their inherent gifts and natural style.