Getting Unstuck: Practical Guidance for Counselors: What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do

by Jon Winder

A therapist's worst nightmare is to get caught in the situation of not knowing how to help a client. However, counseling is the art of knowing how to respond to therapeutic situations and dilemmas and not a matter of having all the answers. This accessible and practical book, based on the author's 40 years of clinical experience, offers counselors from the student to the seasoned therapist ways to respond using over 100 unique strategies, interventions, and examples for overcoming therapeutic dilemmas, such as uncooperative clients, overwhelming problems, and damaged therapeutic relationships. Readers will learn about some of the newest therapeutic discoveries in psychotherapy as well as answers to specific difficulties submitted by other therapists. The reader is challenged to become a co-creator of change with the client opening the doors of self-discovery that turn counseling into an adventure and opportunity for personal growth for both client and counselor. This is an excellent book to use in counselor supervision giving aspiring counselors answers to many perplexing situations. You will With this highly readable book filled with down-to-earth advice and linked with consciousness and compassion, you will never be stuck again.

316 pages, Paperback

Published March 15, 2017

Reviews

[Katelyn Childs · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great resource for counselors! There are a lot of really valuable insights and ideas in this book, and I think reading it and reflecting on them has made me a better counselor. I didn’t connect to some of it (mainly the second to last chapter) and there were a few typos and such, but it’s one of those things where you take what works for you and leave the rest. I found it to be incredibly helpful so I would definitely recommend to other counselors.

I worked in the same place as the author for a time, and interacted with him collegially in many settings. Sadly, he passed last year. I wish I could have shared how helpful this book has been to me. What a cool, lasting legacy he has left, though, through his work in the community and this book!