Synopses & Reviews
Internationally recognized for its successful problem-management and opportunity development approach to effective helping, Egan's text emphasizes the collaborative nature of the therapist-client relationship and uses a practical, three-stage model that drives client problem-managing and opportunity-developing action. Egan masterfully leads readers step-by-step through the counseling process, while giving them a feeling for the complexity inherent in any helping relationship. As readers begin to understand the various steps of the helping model, they are able to improve their competence and confidence measurably. In this new eighth edition, Egan has built upon the strengths of the last edition in which he presented a "positive psychology", solution-focused theme by adding new discussions on evidence-based practice, research, and philosophical perspectives around how helpers know what they know.
Synopsis
THE SKILLED HELPER is internationally recognized for its successful problem-management and opportunity development approach to effective helping, and emphasizes the collaborative nature of the therapist-client relationship using a proven three-stage model that drives client problem-managing and opportunity-developing action.
About the Author
Gerard Egan, Ph.D., is Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Organizational Studies at Loyola University of Chicago. He has written over a dozen books and currently writes in the areas of communication, counseling, business and organization effectiveness, management development, leadership, the management of innovation and change, and organization politics and culture. He also conducts workshops in these areas both in the United States and abroad and is a consultant at a variety of companies and institutions worldwide.
Table of Contents
Part I: LAYING THE GROUNDWORK. 1. Introduction to Helping. 2. The Helping Relationship: Values in Action. 3. Overview of the Helping Model. Part II: STAGE I OF THE HELPING PROCESS AND THE SKILLS OF THERAPEUTIC DIALOGUE. 4. Stage I: The Current Picture: Task 1?Partner with Clients to Help Them Tell Their Stories. 5. The Communication Skills of Therapeutic Dialogue: The Skills of Tuning in and Actively Listening to Clients. 6. Empathic Responding: Working at Mutual Understanding. 7. The Art of Probing and Summarizing. 8. Stage I: Task 2?Facilitate Client Self-Challenge: From New Perspectives to New Behavior. 9. Stage I: Task 3?Partner with Clients in Their Search for Value. Part III: THE UNDERAPPRECIATED DIMENSIONS OF HELPING: HELP CLIENTS CRAFT AND CREATE A BETTER FUTURE. 10. Introduction to Stages II and III: Decisions, Goals, Outcomes, and Impact. 11. Stage II: The Preferred Picture?Help Clients Design a Better Future and Commit Themselves to It. 12. Stage III: The Way Forward?Help Clients Develop Plans to Accomplish Goals. 13. The Action Arrow: Making It All Happen.