Table of contents for A brief primer of helping skills / Jeffrey A. Kottler.

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Preface							2
1 Learning Helping Skills
 Why Be a Helper?
 Changes in the Field
 A Daunting Journey
 Making a Difference
 Personal Qualities
 Take Some Advice
 For Review
 For Reflection and Practice
 For Further Reading
2 Theories of Helping	21
 Internalizing Theories						
 What Theories Can Do for You				
 Theories You Should Know About				
 Conclusions About Theory					
 For Review							
 For Reflection and Practice					
 For Further Reading						
3 Processes and Stages
 Stages of Helping						
 Stage I: Pretreatment
 Stage II: Exploration
 Stage III: Insight
 Stage IV: Action
 Stage V: Evaluation
 Closure Issues
 For Review							
 For Reflection and Practice					
 For Further Reading						
4 Helping Relationships	
 Reflect Back							
 Uses of the Helping Relationship				
 Customized Relationships					
 Basically Speaking	
 Practical Issues					
 Getting the Relationship Started				
 For Review							
 For Reflection and Practice					
 For Further Reading 						
5 Exploration Skills 	
 Internal Attitudes						
 Attending Behaviors						
 Practice Makes Perfect					
 Presenting Yourself						
 Listening							
 Time to Practice						
 Eliciting Information						
 Asking Questions	
 Assessing Strengths and Resources		
 Formulating Diagnoses					
 Assessing Risk						
 Responding to Content					
 Responding to Feelings					
 Try It Out							
 Facing Silence							
 Establishing Goals						
 Making the Transition to Action				
 For Review							
 For Reflection and Practice					
 For Further Reading						
6 Action Skills
 A Check-off List
 Ways of Taking Action	
 Planning an Intervention					
 Contracting for Change						
 Confrontation							
 Teaching People to Think Differently			
 Constructing Alternative Stories							
 Role-playing and Rehearsal	
 Behavioral Interventions
 Giving Feedback				
 Using Imagery							
 Dealing with Resistance					
 Employing Adjuncts						
 When You Don?t Have Enough Time			
 For Review							
 For Reflection and Practice					
 For Further Reading						
7 Brief Interventions		
 Some Cautionary Advice					
 Principles of Brief Intervention				
 A Different Way of Thinking About Change			
 An Abbreviated Process					
 Reframing Problems						
 Look for Exceptions						
 Find Out What Works	
 Miracle Question				
 A Single Session						
 Crisis Intervention						
 Choose Your Method Carefully				
 For Review							
 For Reflection and Practice					
For Further Reading						
8 Leading Groups	
 Differences Between Group and Individual Sessions		
 Some Advantages and Disadvantages			
 Work with a Co-leader					
 When to Intervene in Groups					
 Practical Considerations in Running a Group			
 For Review							
 For Reflection and Practice					
 For Further Reading						
9 Looking at Yourself	
 Practicing What You Preach					
 Making Helping a Lifestyle					
 Ethical Issues							
 Getting the Most from Supervision				
 Joys of Helping						
 For Review							
 For Reflection and Practice					
 For Further Reading						
Index	
About the Author		

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Counseling.
Psychotherapy.
Helping behavior.