| Description |
xviii, 377 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Effective Elements in Counseling and Psychotherapy -- 2. Processes and Phases in Counseling and Psychotherapy -- 3. Barriers to Effective Communication -- 4. Developing Perceptiveness to Feelings -- 5. Responding Empathetically to the Client's Expressions: Reciprocal Responses -- 6. Expanding the Client's Meaning: Additive Responses -- 7. Relating to Clients with Respect -- 8. Relating to Clients with Genuineness -- 9. Examining Here-and-Now Feelings and Interactions Within the Counseling Relationship -- 10. Using Confrontation to Remove Barriers to Communication and Change -- 11. Communication Processes in Effective Therapy: Summary |
| Summary |
"Improving Therapeutic Communication was first published in 1977 and has become a classic guide for mental health professionals, students, interns, and trainees who want to refine their basic people skills and improve their therapeutic bedside manner. The book includes fundamental principles, practical guidelines, and exercises that aim to instill and enhance the fundamental skills needed to respond to clients in a helpful manner. This first paperback edition of the best-selling guide also includes a new foreword by author D. Corydon Hammond."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Previously published in 1977 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Communication.
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Psychotherapy.
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Interpersonal communication.
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| Author |
Hepworth, Dean H.
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Smith, Veon G.
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| LC no. |
2002018451 |
| ISBN |
0787948063 paperback |
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