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Title: Competency-Based Counseling: Building on Client Strengths by Frank N. Thomas, Jack Cockburn, Frank Thomas ISBN: 0-8006-2977-9 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Summary: Table of Contents
Comment: Chapter 1 -- Why Competency-Based Counseling? (Biblical themes and a competency-based model; Research supporting short-term counseling; What kind of problems do people bring to counseling? The presence of "brief" in all counseling movements; The Mental Research Institute approach to problem resolution; Steve deShazer and solution-focused brief therapy) Chapter 2 -- Assuming a Competency-Based Stance (the counselee's perceptions of the world; three ways people mishandle problems; change is inevitable; rapid change is possible; viewing people as competent; not looking for the cause of the problem) Chapter 3 -- A Map for Competency-Based Counseling -- Part I: Getting Oriented (focusing on the present and future, not the past; focusing on observable actions; focusing on tasks, not insight; focusing on goals; if it works, don't fix it; if it doesn't work, do something different, not more of the same; counselees are the experts; focus on the possible; look for exceptions to the problem; how to establish a positive relationship with the counselee; creating goals that are achievable, concrete and behavioral, relevant, and positive) Chapter 4 -- A Map for Competency-Based Counseling -- Part II Getting on the (Short) Road to Change (Using future-oriented questions; the miracle question; scaling questions; coping questions; finding exceptions; highlighting pre-session change; enhancing existing and recent successes that are meaningful to the counselee; keeping change going) Chapter 5 -- Two Case Examples of Competency-Based Counseling; Chapter 6 -- Resource Focus (Premarital interviews; cell ministry in the local church; how to define family wellness: communication, connectedness, and spirituality) Chapter 7 -- A Cautionary Note to "Go Slowly" (guarding against a Pollyanna approach; using counselee feedback; how to avoid becoming a "solution-forced" counselor)
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Title: Learning the Art of Helping: Building Blocks and Techniques (2nd Edition) by Mark E. Young, Mark Young ISBN: 0130183962 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 06 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $52.00 |
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Title: Why Do Christians Shoot Their Wounded?: Helping (Not Hurting Those With Emotional Difficulties) by Dwight L. Carlson ISBN: 0830816666 Publisher: InterVarsity Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Introduction to the New Testament, An by D.A. Carson, Douglas J. Moo, Leon Morris ISBN: 0310519403 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company Pub. Date: 13 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $27.99 |
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