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The First Helping Interview : Engaging the Client and Building Trust.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Incorporated, 1996Copyright date: ©1996Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (208 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781452248394
Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 158/.39
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Dedication -- Introduction: On Writing About the First Helping Interview -- Chapter 1 - What Makes Therapy Happen? -- Chapter 2 - Who Are Our Clients? -- Chapter 3 - Getting Started -- Chapter 4 - Getting to Know the Client -- Chapter 5 - Communication Dynamics of the Helping Interview -- Chapter 6 - On Rules, Goals and Contracts -- Chapter 7 - Trust -- Chapter 8 - Special Issues in Working With Couples and Families -- Chapter 9 - Working With Clients Who Are Different -- Chapter 10 - Serious Problems: When and How to Refer -- Chapter 11 - Legal and Ethical Issues in the First Helping Interview -- Chapter 12 - Afterthoughts -- References -- Index -- About the Authors.
Summary: This highly practical guide for both experienced and novice professionals and students reveals the steps involved in the crucial first meeting with a client. The authors approach the task of an initial interview by providing an overview of the therapeutic process and what to expect from clients. The book also explores the practical basics of therapy - counsellor-client roles, physical settings, communication dynamics, assessment and diagnosis, record-keeping, goals and contracts and trust-building. Individual chapters discuss specialist topics such as working with couples and families, the role of culture and ethnicity, when and how to refer clients with serious problems, and legal and ethical issues.
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Cover -- Contents -- Dedication -- Introduction: On Writing About the First Helping Interview -- Chapter 1 - What Makes Therapy Happen? -- Chapter 2 - Who Are Our Clients? -- Chapter 3 - Getting Started -- Chapter 4 - Getting to Know the Client -- Chapter 5 - Communication Dynamics of the Helping Interview -- Chapter 6 - On Rules, Goals and Contracts -- Chapter 7 - Trust -- Chapter 8 - Special Issues in Working With Couples and Families -- Chapter 9 - Working With Clients Who Are Different -- Chapter 10 - Serious Problems: When and How to Refer -- Chapter 11 - Legal and Ethical Issues in the First Helping Interview -- Chapter 12 - Afterthoughts -- References -- Index -- About the Authors.

This highly practical guide for both experienced and novice professionals and students reveals the steps involved in the crucial first meeting with a client. The authors approach the task of an initial interview by providing an overview of the therapeutic process and what to expect from clients. The book also explores the practical basics of therapy - counsellor-client roles, physical settings, communication dynamics, assessment and diagnosis, record-keeping, goals and contracts and trust-building. Individual chapters discuss specialist topics such as working with couples and families, the role of culture and ethnicity, when and how to refer clients with serious problems, and legal and ethical issues.

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