1st Edition
Counselling The Skills of Finding Solutions to Problems
By Robert Manthei
Copyright 1997
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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Developing the ideas of his best-selling textbook Counselling: The Skills of Problem-Solving , Robert Manthei shows how to define and solve problems. Step-by-step he explains how to work in a planned way to enhance the client's self-understanding and increase their ability to find solutions to other problems in the future. Counselling has proved itself an invaluable resource for counsellors at... Read more
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Counselling and culture Chapter 3: The counsellor and the counselling relationship Chapter 4: Finding solutions to problems Approach 1: The problem-solving model Approach 2: Solution-focused counselling Stage 1: Pre-counselling considerations Stage 2: Getting started Stage 3: Problem exploration Stage 4: Goal-setting Stage 5: Strategy selection Stage 6: Strategy implementation Stage 7: Evaluating success Chapter 5: Beginning the search for solutions to problems Stage 1: Pre-counselling considerations Stage 2: Getting started Stage 3: Exploration Chapter 6: Developing the search for solutions Stage 4: Goal-setting Chapter 7: Completing the search for solutions Stages 5 and 6: Strategy selection and implementation Stage 7: Evaluating progress Chapter 8: Working as a professional counsellor Chapter 9: Related counselling roles and activities Chapter 10: Developing competence
Biography
Robert Manthei is Senior Lecturer in Counselling, at Christchurch University, New Zealand. He is a former rehabilitation counsellor, correctional counsellor and social worker and has written extensively on counselling and counsellor education.
Counsellors in training, their tutors and also experienced counsellors will find this book challenging and refreshing ... I strongly recommend this book to all counsellors who are interested in their own professional development as effective therapists and to trainers and teachers who wish to enhance the effectiveness of their training programmes. - Counselling in Primary Care Trust Newsletter
An excellent text ... highly practical and usable. - Phil Taylor, Wales University College
