Choices: Interviewing and Counselling Skills for Canadians

by Bob Shebib

Choices has found a home in a wide variety of professional training programs in social work, criminology, nursing, child and youth care, addictions, and psychology as well as training for professionals and volunteers in other professions whose work involves interviewing and counselling. A continuing best seller in Canada, Choices is designed as a textbook and practice reference guide for students and practitioners that combines theory, practice examples with sample interviews, and challenging self-awareness exercises in a comprehensive yet readable format. The book includes illustrative practice examples and challenging exercises that promote skill development, conceptual understanding, and self-awareness. Throughout the book, I have included neuroscience concepts that have particular relevance for counsellors. Although framed in the Canadian ethical and cultural context, the content of the book is designed to appeal to a broad international audience of professionals.

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, Social Work, Read For School, Nonfiction, Counselling, School

512 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2002

Reviews

[Domenic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for anyone wanting to gain an understanding of effective counselling skills. These include; paraphrasing, summarizing, empathy, questioning, and a variety of other techniques.

[Jason Comely · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredibly useful guidebook. I like how the chapter exercises are challenging and realistic. No doubt I'll be referencing this book in the future.

[Degan Walters · Rating 4 out of 5]

Comprehensive and easy to understand. good examples.

[Aim · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a novice, this is single-handedly one of the most important books I’ve read on how to ensure client success.

[Jocelyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read the 8th edition of this. It's really interesting to see therapy through the therapist's POV!

[Dee Barkhouse · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the one text book I still reference

[Arash Narchi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of practical and applicable skills for counselling professionals but also applies to the general public

[Breyanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful for all human service practitioners. Lots of good information in this book.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Possibly the least-awful textbook I've had to read for school

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

An incredibly valuable resource for developing counselling skills! I learned so much and found the sample scenarios to be especially useful.

[Madison Hillis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book to be bland but helpful in the end. I would recommend reading it if in grad school in the psychology field, push through

[Tina Ihas]

Great source of basic counselling skills but holy typos Batman! Overall I enjoyed it but I was put off by the occasion missing letter or wrong word (form instead of from). Now considering a side career as a textbook proofreader. ;)