Student Manual for Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (Workbook)
Student Manual for Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (Workbook)
This manual contains structured self-awareness exercises that help you gain a deeper self-understanding and grasp the concepts of the various approaches. Also included are self-inventories, activities, and self-test questions, as well as study questions and exercises based on the “Theory in Practice: The Case of Stan” DVD.
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"redwoodgames" said,
Wrote on January 7, 2011 @ 2:58 pm
Get this too if you get the text,
This Student Manual accompanies the Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy text and covers: Practice, Ethics, Psychoanalytic, Adlerian, Existential, Person-Centered, Gestalt, Reality, Behavior, Cognitive-Behavior, and Family Systems Therapy.
The Student Manual has some of the hands on tests, assessment forms, ethics codes etc. that I wish had been put in the text. Also, the text is so dense and meaty that the questions and definitions in the text are almost essential if you are being tested on this material. The chapters follow along with the book. Each chapter starts with a pretest in which you discover your agreement with the concepts presented (e.g. if you answer yes to all the TF questions in the Behavioral chapter, then this theory fits your style well.) Some of these pretests are inventory surveys that you are supposed to use as a basis of discussion — I find this stuff highly subjective and useless – but then again I am an engineer and like to know how to actually DO things.
In each of the chapters you get:
1) Initial attitude questionaire that also acts as a list of underlying assumptions for the school of therapy being discussed
2) 3 or 4 page review of the chapter
3) definitions of important terms
4) Questions, Cases, Activities for use in class that would be fine if the prof were there guiding a discussion but are without feedback for the solitary reader.
5) A quiz on the chapter with answer key in back of book.
Chapters with more supplemental material in addition to 1-5 listed above:
Chapter 2: Useless surveys re your attitudes. A “Quick Discrimination Index” which is designed to “assess sensitivity …to cultural diversity and gender equity” which should have been entitled “Find out how politically correct you are”. Apparently, I am discriminatory because I think it is more inportant for moms to be with babies in the first year (when men can breastfeed, I’ll change my answer!) This stuff was all fairly worthless.
Chapter 3: Good stuff: sample therapist-client contract, ACA Code of Ethis, APA Code of Conduct.
Chap 5: Blank Lifestyle Assessment Questionaire (for use with clients) with filled out form for “Stan”.
Chap 6: Existential Activities
Chap 7: Practice sheet for reflecting feelings
Chap 8: Gestalt exercises
Chap 9: Reprint of the Cycle of managing, supervising, counseling and coaching using reality therapy
Chap 10: Sample worksheet on translating broad goals into specific goals, worksheet on how to be concrete, relaxation exercise
Chap 11: Questionaire for discovering underlying issues (“shoulds” “oughts”) REBT Self-Help Form
Chap 12: One of Sitir’s exercises to see where you are transfering people from your past onto people in your present. Questions useful for eliciting info on Family Systems from client.
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|Eliza Bennet said,
Wrote on January 7, 2011 @ 3:27 pm
This valuable resource is complete and easy to read,
This is a very valuable resource that I know I’ll use repeatedly when I begin my practice. While the medical model structure sometimes gets a little wearisome (with repeated information), overall the book is easy to read, thorough, and complete. I read the whole book, even the sections that were unassigned for the counseling theories class I was taking. How often does a text book make a student want to read it all? The on-line quizzes were also helpful. This is an excellent choice for a theories text.
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|"redwoodgames" said,
Wrote on January 7, 2011 @ 4:06 pm
Practical Overview of Counseling Therapies,
Chapters are:
-Counselor characteristics and practice: This was useful for me since I haven’t yet practiced
– Ethics: Unfortunately, you have to get the student manual to see the ethical standards of the various prof. organizations.
– Psychoanalitic
– Adlerian
– Existential
– Person-centered
– Gestalt
– Reality
– Behavior
– Cognitive-Behavior
– Family Systems
– Last section ties it all together
Each chapter on an approach starts with a bio on its main proponent, hits key concepts, describes the theraputic process, techniques and who it applies to. A token section of its application to multiculturalism (the author obviously doesn’t live in Hawaii where the White European culture is a minority! [grin]) The author then critiques the method for its positive and negative points and tells how he incorporates it. I found this last very useful. There are from 3 to 6 books suggested for furthur in depth study (very useful!) and an extensive bibliography at the end of each chapter (for you grad students like me who have to write papers!)
Advantages – Very interesting. Lots of information. I like the personal comments on real life usefulness. I would have like more exact techniques (what to do, questionaires referenced, tests etc) but some of these are found in the student manual.
Disadvantages – DENSE! This is not an easy read. I notice that most psych articles and books use such complicated language – some of it is precise jargon but some of it isn’t necessary. Also, it doesn’t treat Transactional Analysis.
Student Manual – You probably should get this (see my review of it)
Overall: very useful. I’m glad it was required for my class. It is a keeper.
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