Essentials of Intentional Counseling and Psychotherapy in a Multicultural World

by Allen E Ivey, Mary Bradford Ivey, Carlos P Zalaquett

Ivey/Ivey/Zalaquett's ESSENTIALS OF INTENTIONAL COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY IN A MULTICULTURAL WORLD, 4th EDITION, is your guide to counseling and psychotherapy in a stressed world. This reader-friendly text focuses on what you need to know to begin your journey to become an effective counselor or psychotherapist in a diverse world in dire need of well-prepared professionals. This edition retains the authors' microskills model, which revolutionized modern understanding of the counseling and therapy process by teaching vital interviewing skills step-by-step. This process breaks down counseling into manageable micro units and builds a bridge between theoretical understanding, learning the skills, and the practice of counseling. This edition includes a chapter on crisis counseling and effective information on relevant issues such as the pandemic, social inequities and eco-anxiety. The book includes video content, session transcripts and brief summaries of key theories.

368 pages, Paperback

Published June 5, 2023

Reviews

[Emma Vermeersch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Am I rating one of my textbooks? Yes. Am I copying Ella? Also yes. Was it a good textbook? I would say one of the better ones. Would I choose to read this for fun? No prob not. Will I keep said textbook for future reference? Certainly.

3.5 star rating, but I would say if we were categorizing and rating in comparison to other textbooks I would give 5 stars

[Joel Cuthbert · Rating 4 out of 5]

*To be clear this was a textbook for class, I did not read every page but the chapters assigned.

This was frankly a pretty pleasant surprise. Not only did I find here a rich diversity of content, with some literary quotes and compassionate passages (the kind that are oft lacking in more scientific texts) but it really was quite applicable. I'm perhaps a bit biased as the course I was taking (Communication and Counselling Skills) was one of the first that I took in my undergrad that felt actually applicable to the work I wanted to do. I really liked the way this textbook approached things in bite-sized pieces (not the usual deluge of fact and reference that is the textbook style) and generally resonated with its practices and principles.

But it is a fascinating thing to try to teach empathetic listening.. what a curious class for those who seemed to try and "learn" and "study" the ways of compassionate care. Ahh well.

One of the very rare occasions when I might have preferred to have a paper copy versus the ole expiring e-book (which is usually the same price... ahh modern education).

So, if you find this one assigned, be not discouraged.

[Christina Rumble · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent introductory information for building practical clinical skills for counselling with individuals. Highly recommend practising the skills discussed in the text.

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read as part of a counselling course. Good overview and explanation of skills for case notes, conducting interviews, and assessments.