Effective Helping: Interviewing and Counseling Techniques

by Barbara F. Okun

Barbara Okun’s practical introduction to counseling has helped thousands of readers become effective and empathtic helpers. In this edition, Okun is joined by a new co-author, Ricki Kantrowitz, who brings different experience and expertise to this respected book. Logical, easy-to-understand, and applicable, EFFECTIVE INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELING TECHNIQUES, SEVENTH EDITION continues to use a unique framework to help readers enhance their self-awareness and their understanding of contemporary forces. The book is infused with many case examples, dialogues, tables, and experiential exercises. Okun and Kantrowitz help readers develop basic helping skills based on empathic responsive listening, introduce them to theoretical principles, and enable them to integrate theory and practice in a practical and effective way appropriate to their level of training. The learning-by-practice format enables active integration.Important Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Genres: Psychology, School, Counselling, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Mental Health

368 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 28, 1982

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Required reading for Working with Individuals HUMS 250 class. Practical and helpful.

[Sherri · Rating 4 out of 5]

The examples, tables, and charts were very helpful.

[Spencer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty darn good introduction to the helping professions, including theoretical overviews, an outline of the steps of helping, information on crisis response, contemporary trends and issues, and an abundance of dialogues and exercises.

[Allegra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written will be referring to this book throughout my career.

[Theiska Castillo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great!!