Main description:

"Essentials Of Intentional Interviewing, International Edition" delivers a more concise and student-friendly version of the Iveys' bestselling "Intentional Interviewing And Counselling" - one in which every sentence and concept has undergone a thorough review to ensure both relevance and clarity for beginning helpers. Accessible to every helping professions student, the text uses an active voice and modular style that allows more flexibility. Its multicultural focus also reflects the diverse nature of today's classroom-and society. The Second Edition retains the authors' renowned Microskills model of teaching students vital interviewing skills step by step. It also integrates the five systems of helping-person-centered, decisional counseling, brief counseling, crisis counseling, and coaching - and includes new content addressing such critical topics as psychoeducational skills and Internet counseling. All-new practice exercises, an interactive DVD, and additional supplements help students develop a deeper understanding of text material. In addition, with its full array of text-specific online study and teaching tools, WebTutor is available with the new edition.

Contents:

1. Skilled Interviewing and Counseling. 2. Ethics, Multicultural Competence, and Wellness. 3. Attending and Observation Skills: Basic to Communication. 4. Questions: Opening Communication. 5. Encouraging, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing: Skills of Active Listening. 6. Observing and Reflecting Feelings: A Foundation of Client Experiencing. 7. How to Conduct an Interview Using Only Listening Skills. 8. Supporting While Challenging: Confrontation. 9. Focusing the Interview: Exploring the Story From Multiple Perspectives. 10. Reflection of Meaning and Interpretation/Reframing: Helping Clients Restory Their Lives. 11. Self-Disclosure and Feedback: Bringing Immediacy Into the Interview. 12. Logical Consequences, Information/Advice, and Directives: Helping Clients Move to Action. 13. Decisional Counseling, Skill Integration, and Developing Treatment Plans. 14. Integrating Microskills With Theory: Person-Centered, Cognitive-Behavioral, and Brief Counseling.