Synopses & Reviews
Over 450 databased studies and years of field testing attest to the effectiveness of the Microskills model in INTENTIONAL INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELING: FACILITATING CLIENT DEVELOPMENT IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY! Available with an interactive CD-ROM (which can be packaged with the text), this hallmark text enables students of many backgrounds to master basic skills in a step-by-step fashion, thus rapidly empowering them to conduct a full interview using listening skills. Along the way, they are challenged to re-evaluate their current behaviors and perceptions, thus gaining valuable insight about themselves, their strengths, and the areas where they can develop further. By the time they finish reading the text, they will have the ability to adapt their skills to meet both individual and multicultural uniqueness, conduct interviews using five different theoretical approaches, and be well on their way to developing a personalized style and theory of interviewing and counseling that matches their own aptitudes and affinities.
Review
"A well researched and well written introduction to counseling skills and to multicultural counseling. I very much like the Microskills approach and think it may be the most effective framework to teach peer counselors. I teach on a diverse campus and the book's emphasis on diversity is very powerful."
Synopsis
Master interviewing skills with INTENTIONAL INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELING: FACILITATING CLIENT DEVELOPMENT IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY! This book gives you the tools you need to adapt your skills to meet both individual and multicultural uniqueness, conduct interviews using five different theoretical approaches, and be well on your way to developing a personalized style and theory of interviewing and counseling that matches your own aptitudes and affinities. Case studies, sample interviews, and a "Portfolio of Competencies" are just a few of the many tools that will help you master the material and become a better listener.
Synopsis
Over 450 databased studies and years of field testing attest to the effectiveness of the Microskills model in INTENTIONAL INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELING: FACILITATING CLIENT DEVELOPMENT IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY! Available with an interactive CD-ROM (which can be packaged with the text), this hallmark text enables students of many backgrounds to master basic skills in a step-by-step fashion, thus rapidly empowering them to conduct a full interview using listening skills. Along the way, they are challenged to re-evaluate their current behaviors and perceptions, thus gaining valuable insight about themselves, their strengths, and the areas where they can develop further. By the time they finish reading the text, they will have the ability to adapt their skills to meet both individual and multicultural uniqueness, conduct interviews using five different theoretical approaches, and be well on their way to developing a personalized style and theory of interviewing and counseling that matches their own aptitudes and affinities.
About the Author
Allen E. Ivey is a distinguished university professor (emeritus) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and professor of counseling at the University of South Florida, Tampa (courtesy appointment). He is president of Microtraining Associates, an educational publishing firm. Allen is a diplomate in counseling psychology and was honored as a ?Multicultural Elder? at the National Multicultural Conference and Summit. He is author or co-author of more than 40 books and 200 articles and chapters, translated into 18 languages. He is the originator of the Microskills approach, basic to this book. Mary Bradford Ivey is Vice President of Microtraining Associates and Courtesy Professor of Counseling, University of South Florida, Tampa. She is a former school counselor for the Amherst, Massachusetts, schools and has served as visiting professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; University of Hawai'i, Manoa; and Flinders University, South Australia. Mary's undergraduate degree in social work and education is from Gustavus Adolphus College, and she has a master's degree in counseling from the University of Wisconsin. She earned her doctorate in organizational development at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Mary is the author or co-author of twelve books, translated into multiple languages, and several articles and chapters. She is a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) and a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC), and she has held a certificate in school counseling. She has presented workshops and keynote lectures with Allen throughout the world, including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Israel, Greece, Sweden, Canada, Great Britain, Portugal, and Germany. She is also known for her work in promoting and explaining development guidance and counseling in the United States and abroad. Mary received national recognition when her elementary counseling program at the Fort River School was named one of the ten best in the nation at the Christa McAuliffe Conference. She is one of the first 15 honored Fellows of the American Counseling Association and is also a recipient of the American Counseling Associa?tion's O'Hana Award for her work in multi?cultural ?counseling in the schools.
Table of Contents
Before You Start: Building Competency in Interviewing and Counseling. Section I: INTRODUCTION. 1. Toward Intentional Interviewing and Counseling. 2. Ethics, Multicultural Competence, and Wellness. 3. Attending Behavior: Basic to Communication. Section II: HEARING CLIENT STORIES: HOW TO ORGANIZE AN INTERVIEW. 4. Questions: Opening Communication. 5. Observation Skills. 6. Encouraging, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing: The Skills of Active Listening. 7. Observing and Reflecting Feelings: A Foundation of Client Experience. 8. Listening Skills: How to Conduct a Well-Formed Interview. Section III: HELPING CLIENTS GENERATE NEW STORIES THAT LEAD TO ACTION: INFLUENCING SKILLS AND STRATEGIES. 9. The Skills of Confrontation: Supporting While Challenging. 10. Focusing the Interview: Exploring the Story from Multiple Perspectives. 11. Reflection of Meaning and Interpretation/Reframing:Helping Clients Restory Their Lives. 12. Influencing Skills: Five Strategies for Change. Section IV: SKILL INTEGRATION. 13. Skill Integration: Putting it All Together. 14. Microskills and Counseling Theory: Sequencing Skills and Interview Stages 15. Determining Personal Style and Future Theoretical/Practical Integration. Appendix: Glossary of Terms for Brain Areas Discussed in Research Portions of this Book.