Empathic Counseling 2/e
Empathic Counseling 2/e
Building Skills to Empower Change
ISBN: 9781433831225Empathy is fundamental to therapeutic change. This engaging and accessible text teaches students the clinical skills they will need as therapists to communicate empathy and help clients change. Slattery and Park begin by outlining a framework for understanding how clients think - what meaning they give to difficult situations - and how those meaning systems are connected to cultural and other contextual factors. Chapters that follow discuss how their empathic framework can be factored into assessment, intervention, ending treatment, and even case reporting and ethical concerns. Throughout they emphasize that effective therapists possess not only strong observational, listening, and critical thinking skills, but that they also put their clients' worldviews, meaning-making, culture, and change processes at the heart of their practice. This second edition features new case studies, research, and clinical applications, as well as a streamlined presentation that better mirrors the process of mental health treatment. With extensive case material, reflection questions, and other practical tools, the book will help budding mental health practitioners understand and empathize with a diverse range of clients, develop strong therapeutic alliances, make accurate assessments that reflect clients' contexts and worldviews, and facilitate positive change.
By Jeanne M. Slattery, Crystal L. Park
Imprint: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
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Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 310
Preface to the Second Edition Part I. Introduction to Empathy and the Mental Health Professional Chapter 1. What Is Empathy, and Why Does It Matter? Part II. Building a Framework for Understanding People Chapter 2. Understanding Meaning Systems Chapter 3. Understanding Culture, Identity, and Oppression Part III. Developing Empathic Assessments Chapter 4. Building the Therapeutic Alliance Chapter 5. Communicating Empathy Verbally Chapter 6. Assessing People in Context Chapter 7. Thinking Critically to Ensure Accurate Assessments Part IV. Facilitating Positive Change Chapter 8. Developing Goals and a Treatment Plan Chapter 9. Providing Empathic Interventions Chapter 10. Ending Treatment Part V. Professional Issues Chapter 11. Ethics Chapter 12. Writing Empathic Clinical Reports Chapter 13. Self-Care References Glossary Index About the Authors
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