One Life at a TimeEdition 1

Refreshing, highly practical, and student-centred, this dynamic text covers all the basic skills and core interventions helpers-in-training need to know in order to begin seeing clients. Kottler and Brew use a broad model of helping to acquaint students with a myriad of clinical styles in a variety of settings. Case examples, first-person accounts, homework assignments, and a series of reflective exercises illustrate how to apply these skills to the helper's own life and in working with others ... One Life at a Time.
Important features of this text include:
* Approaches to assessment and diagnosis of client problems
* Attention to needs of individuals within diverse social, ethnic, and cultural contexts
* Vital background information of the major conceptual frameworks
* Useful self-monitoring techniques
* Numerous aspects of building and maintaining relationships
* Practical ways to maintain progress and evaluate results