TY  - BOOK
AU  - Egan, Gerard.
TI  - The Skilled Helper: a problem-management approach to helping
SN  - 0-534-21294-8
AV  - BF637.C6 E39 1994
U1  - 158.9 EGAN 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Pacific Grove, Calif.
PB  - Brooks/Cole Pub. Co.
KW  - Brooks/Cole Pub. Co
KW  - Widely acclaimed for its action-oriented, three-stage model for helping, this fifth edition offers new insights to help facilitate client change. Emphasis on reducing client inertia and motivating client action; also explores the ""shadow side""--the reality that some clients cannot be reached
KW  - Counseling
N1  - Building the helping relationship: values in action; A bias toward  action. Basic communication skills for helping: Communication skills I:  attending and listening; Communication skills II: basic empathy and  probing. Stage I of the helping model and advanced communication skills.  Stage I: helping clients identify and carify problem situations:  Helping clients tell their stories; Helping clients challenge  themselves; Communication skills III: skills and guidelines for  effective challenging; Leverage - helping clients work on the right  things. Helping clients develop programs for constructive change:  Perspectives and skills for constructing a better future; A better  future - what do you want? Choices and commitment; Strategies - what do  clients need to do to get what they want? Best-fit strategies - what  actions are best for the client? Making things work - helping clients  get what they want and need; Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-340) and indexes
ER  -