The Skilled Helper: A Problem-Management and Opportunity Development Approach to Helping, International Edition - Softcover

Egan, Gerard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495127957 ISBN 13: 9780495127956

Publisher: Thomson Learning, 2006

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.

About this title

About the Author

Gerard Egan, Ph.D., is Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Organizational Studies at Loyola University of Chicago. He has written over a dozen books and currently writes in the areas of communication, counseling, business and organization effectiveness, management 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thomson Learning
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0495127957
• ISBN 13: 9780495127956
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416