The Skilled Helper: A Problem Management and Opportunity Development Approach to Helping - Hardcover

Egan, Gerard

 
9780495092032: The Skilled Helper: A Problem Management and Opportunity Development Approach to Helping

Synopsis

Internationally recognized for its successful problem-management and opportunity development approach to effective helping, Egan's text emphasizes the collaborative nature of the therapist-client relationship and uses a practical, three-stage model that drives client problem-managing and opportunity-developing action. Egan masterfully leads readers step-by-step through the counseling process, while giving them a feeling for the complexity inherent in any helping relationship. As readers begin to understand the various steps of the helping model, they are able to improve their competence and confidence measurably. In this new eighth edition, Egan has built upon the strengths of the last edition in which he presented a "positive psychology", solution-focused theme by adding new discussions on evidence-based practice, research, and philosophical perspectives around how helpers know what they know.

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Review

Ms. Nelica LaGro, University of East London "The manuscript offers an extremely comprehensive account of process, skills and techniques. It would be difficult to find other publications where all these aspects covered in such a thoughtful and challenging way."

About the Author

Gerard Egan, Ph.D., is a retired Professor of Psychology and Organizational Studies at Loyola University of Chicago. He has written over a dozen books. He currently writes in the areas of communication, counseling, business and organization effectiveness, managment development, leadership, the management of innovation and change, and organization politics and culture. He also conducts workshops in these areas both in the United States and abroad and is a consultant at a variety of companies and institutions worldwide.

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ISBN 10:  0534367313 ISBN 13:  9780534367312
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2001
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