Techniques and Strategies of Psychological Counseling: Intentional Interviewing and Counseling (5th Edition)

Author: Allen E. Ivey (USA)
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book is a masterpiece by contemporary counseling master Allen E. Ivey and Mary Bradford Ivey. The micro-skills 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 techniques to being able to successfully complete an interview process; to subsequently learning influencing techniques such as confrontation, as well as intentionally guiding the interview and counseling direction; to the final skill integration to form the unique and effective helping style of the counselor, the book's skill introductions are progressive, forming a pyramid-shaped structure—the interview micro-skill level. Each introduction of a counseling technique is accompanied by specific, real-life counseling cases and explained with commentary. 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 have learned 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, develop their own unique and effective interview and counseling styles based on their inherent strengths and natural style.