Skills for Effective Counseling: A Faith-Based Integration

Anyone in a helping profession#8212;including professional counselors, spiritual directors, pastoral counselors, chaplains and others#8212;needs to develop effective communication skills. But learning these skills is like learning a new language: it takes time and practice to communicate effectively, and lack of practice can lead to the loss of one’s ability to use this new language.nnSuitable for both beginning students and seasoned practitioners, Skills for Effective Counseling provides a biblically integrated approach to foundational counseling skills that trains the reader to use specific microskills. These skills include perceiving, attending, validating emotion and empathic connection.nnChapters include textbook features such as sample session dialogues, role plays and a variety of both in-class and out-of-class exercises and reflection activities that will engage various learning styles. Strategically interwoven throughout the chapters are special topics related to:nnullimulticultural counseling/linlibiblical/theological applications/linlicurrent and seminal research related to microskills/linlidiagnostic and theoretical implications/linliclinical tips for using skills in

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9780830828609, 0830828605, 9780830893478, 0830893474