Building Basic Therapeutic Skills : A Practical Guide for Current Mental Health Practice

This handbook shows therapists the "real stuff" of effective counselling, including how to observe and assess, listen and establish rapport, communicate, focus, establish goals and create a context that fosters successful outcomes.

Building Basic Therapeutic Skills is an essential handbook thatprovides the nuts-and-bolts inforJeanne Heaton provides guidance tothe student therapist with a book that demonstrates both herhumanity and wisdom. Of all those skills that she promotes, perhapsthe most important is her profound respect for the client. --Michael J. Lambert, professor of psychology, Brigham YoungUniversity and coauthor of Assessing Outcome in ClinicalPractice A valuable and essential textbook for mental health educatorssupervising practicum and internship students. I'll be using it asa textbook in my teaching at Ohio State University. ?Daniel R. Merz, Ph.D., L.P.C.C., counselor educator, The OhioState University A masterful job of presenting the cumulative effects of theexperience of a senior therapist into a clear and concisevolume. ?John M. Sell, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Reedie & Co. Contains excellent and culturally sensitive examples of not onlywhat to do but how to do it. ?Sheila Y. Williams, M.Ed., L.P.C.C., University Counselor/PrivatePractitioner and member, State of Ohio Counselor and Social WorkerBoard Testing Committee Chair, American Association of StateCounseling Boards Clear, concise, and down-to-earth. . . . It belongs in the library,if not the hip pocket, of anyone who is studying to be a therapistor is just beginning to practice. This is the book I wish I hadwritten. ?Steven Jay Lynn, Ph.D., professor of psychology, State Universityof New York at Binghamton A valuable resource for the student and beginning therapist. . ..an excellent review for the experienced therapist. --Barry G. Ginsberg, Ph.D., director, Center of RelationshipEnhancement author of Relation Enhancement Family Therapy