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

Egan, Gerard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534509029 ISBN 13: 9780534509026

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2004

Synopsis

Internationally recognized for its successful problem-management and opportunity development approach to effective helping, this is the "millennium edition" of Egan's classic book for helpers. Egan 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 seventh edition, Egan has built upon the strengths of the last edition while focusing on a new "positive psychology", solution-focused theme.

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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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0534509029
• ISBN 13: 9780534509026
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 404