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This book describes counseling techniques from a broad spectrum of theoretical approaches, and gives mental health practitioners multiple therapy options for working with clients. It emphasizes helping clients improve relationships - with others, themselves, their families, and their environment. Techniques are arranged according to client issues, each offering a step-by-step guide to procedures and evaluation methods. Finally, the book recognizes the importance of clients taking on increased responsibility for themselves, and assists them in doing so through homework assignments and treatment planning - reflecting alternatives and combining methods in a logical and systematic way to maximize a positive therapeutic impact.
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COUNSELING TECHNIQUES
Counseling Techniques IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS, OURSELVES, OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR ENVIRONMENT Second Edition
ROSEMARY A. THOMPSON, Ed.D., NCC., LPC., NCSC,
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Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thompson, Rosemary. 1950Counseling techniques : improving relationships with others, ourselves, our families, and our environment 1 Rosemary A. Thompson.-2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1058391-330-0 (pbk.) 1. Psychotherapy. 2. Counceling. I. Title. RC480.T449 2003 616.89'14-dc21 2003004127
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Dedication This book is dedicated to my husband Charlie, who at 17 began to nurture, strengthen, and support all our most rewarding relationships as a couple.
Contents
Preface Professionalism in Counseling and Psychotherapy
vii 1
Client-Therapist Relationships: Counseling Intentions, Interventions, and Therapeutic Factors Eclectic Techniques for Group Therapy
35
Classic Gestalt Techniques
71
Nonverbal and Metaphorical Techniques
97
Expressive Techniques; Art Therapy, Dance/Movement Therapy, Drama Therapy, Music Therapy, Psychodrama, and Writing as Therapy
119
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, 139 Scheme-Focused Cognitive Therapy, and Paradoxical Techniques Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Reality Therapy, and Transactional Analysis
185
Classic Behavioral Techniques
221
Person-Centered Techniques and Psychoeducational Counseling Approaches
255
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