
eBook - PDF
The First Helping Interview
Engaging the Client and Building Trust
- 205 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
About this book
Providing a practical handbook for practitioners in the helping professions, The First Helping Interview is a highly useful, easy-to-understand guide for both experienced and novice practitioners that reveals the steps involved in the crucial first meeting with a client. The authors approach the task of an initial interview by providing an overview of what the therapeutic process is and what to expect from clients, both those who seek help voluntarily and those who are required to get help. The book also covers the practical basics of therapy--counselor/client roles, physical settings, communication dynamics, assessment and diagnosis, record keeping, goals and contracts, and trust building. Separate chapters discuss special topics such as working with couples and families, the role of culture and ethnicity, when and how to refer clients with serious problems, and legal and ethical issues. Although this book is general enough to be used by any practitioner, the authors pay particular attention to specific settings, such as child protective services, crisis intervention, and corrections. Social workers, marriage and family therapists, school counselors, psychiatric nurses, child welfare workers, and probation officers will appreciate this valuable, indispensable reference tool.
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Yes, you can access The First Helping Interview by Sara F. Fine,Paul H. Glasser in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Sozialwissenschaften & Sozialarbeit. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Publisher
SAGE Publications, IncYear
1996Print ISBN
9780803971417, 9780803971400eBook ISBN
9781452248394Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Dedication
- Introduction: On Writing About the First Helping Interview
- Chapter 1 - What Makes Therapy Happen?
- Chapter 2 - Who Are Our Clients?
- Chapter 3 - Getting Started
- Chapter 4 - Getting to Know the Client
- Chapter 5 - Communication Dynamics of the Helping Interview
- Chapter 6 - On Rules, Goals and Contracts
- Chapter 7 - Trust
- Chapter 8 - Special Issues in Working With Couples and Families
- Chapter 9 - Working With Clients Who Are Different
- Chapter 10 - Serious Problems: When and How to Refer
- Chapter 11 - Legal and Ethical Issues in the First Helping Interview
- Chapter 12 - Afterthoughts
- References
- Index
- About the Authors