Synopses & Reviews
A concise but thorough look at invaluable applied counseling skills, this book provides detailed information on 35 counseling techniques from varied theoretical approaches to help clients from all backgrounds create changes in their lives and meet their counseling goals.
While most introductory counseling skills classes in counselor education programs use a microskills approach supplemented with a theories text that provides a cursory glance at theory-based techniques, most counseling students enter their field without advanced instruction on the application of theory-based techniques to the counseling process. This first edition text strives to provide that missing piece — it is a succinct text that can be used as a secondary text in a theories, techniques, practicum, internship, or advanced or applied skills course that presents in-depth treatment of the major theory-based techniques that counselors use.
The text informs counselors of the theoretical basis underlying each technique and the common variations for implementation. Each technique is accompanied by research that informs the counselor of which techniques are best with which populations and each theoretical approach includes the multicultural implications for applying the approach to counseling clients from diverse cultures. The book also gives readers transcripts that illustrate how to use the techniques in sessions as well as outcomes research that informs counselors of the most effective ways to use these counseling techniques in practice with diverse clients.
Synopsis
User friendly, concise, and thorough, Bradley Erford’s 40 Techniques Every Counselor Should Know gives students a succinct look at the theoretical basis underlying each of 40 counseling techniques, and the common variations that can be used to ensure their successful implementation. The book identifies techniques from diverse theoretical approaches, including: Brief Counseling; Adlerian or Psychodynamic, Gestalt; Mindfulness; humanistic-phenomenological; Social Learning; Cognitive; Behavioral; and Cognitive-behavioral. Transcripts and descriptions show step-by-step how to implement the techniques, outcome research on each technique helps in determining which techniques are best for use with various populations, and multicultural implications help readers learn more about applying each technique and approach to counseling clients from diverse cultures. Added to this new edition are: new chapters on Journaling, Miller and Rollnick’s motivational interviewing, self-disclosure, empathic confrontation, and strength bombardment; new sections on mindfulness-based procedures and humanistic-phenomenological approach to counseling; a number of new, edited, or expanded transcripts; and; thorough updating of sources throughout.
About the Author
Bradley T. Erford, Ph.D., LCPC, NCC, LPC, LP, LSP, is a Past President of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and a professor in the school counseling program of the Education Specialties Department in the School of Education at Loyola University Maryland. He has authored or edited more than 30 books. His research specialization falls primarily in development and technical analysis of psycho-educational tests and outcomes research and has resulted in the publication of more than 60 refereed journal articles, more than 100 book chapters, and 15 published tests. He has received numerous awards for his scholarship and service to the counseling profession from ACA and the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC), organizations within which he has held numerous leadership positions.
Table of Contents
Brief Table of Contents
Section 1 Techniques Based on Solution-Focused Brief Counseling Approaches
Chapter 1: Scaling
Chapter 2: Exceptions
Chapter 3: Problem-Free Talk
Chapter 4: Miracle Question
Chapter 5: Flagging the Minefield
Section 2 Techniques Based Upon Adlerian or Psychodynamic Approaches
Chapter 6: I-Messages
Chapter 7: Acting As If
Chapter 8: Spitting in the Soup
Chapter 9: The Mutual Storytelling
Chapter 10: Paradoxical Intention
Section 3 Techniques Based on Gestalt and Psychodrama Principles
Chapter 11: Empty Chair
Chapter 12: Body Movement and Exaggeration Chapter 13: Role Reversal
Section 4 Techniques Based on Mindfulness Approaches
Chapter 14: Visual/Guided Imagery
Chapter 15: Deep Breathing Chapter 16: Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training (PMRT)
Section 5 Techniques Based on Humanistic-Phenomenological Approaches
Chapter 17: Self-Disclosure Chapter 18: Challenging/Confrontation
Chapter 19: Motivational Interviewing Chapter 20: Strength Bombardment
Section 6 Techniques Based on Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches
Chapter 21: Self-Talk Chapter 22: Reframing
Chapter 23: Thought Stopping Chapter 24: Cognitive Restructuring
Chapter 25: Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT): The ABCDEF Model and Rational Emotive Imagery Chapter 26: Bibliotherapy
Chapter 27: Journaling Chapter 28: Systematic Desensitization
Chapter 29: Stress Inoculation Training
Section 7 Techniques Based on Social Learning Approaches
Chapter 30: Modeling
Chapter 31: Behavioral Rehearsal
Chapter 32: Role Play
Section 8 Techniques Based on Behavioral Approaches Using Positive Reinforcement
Chapter 33: Premack Principle
Chapter 34: Behavior Chart
Chapter 35: Token Economy
Chapter 36: Behavioral Contract
Section 9 Techniques Based on Behavioral Approaches Using Punishment
Chapter 37: Extinction
Chapter 38: Time Out
Chapter 39: Response Cost
Chapter 40: Overcorrection