Meeting Pattern

Description

In this engaging book, Jeffrey Kottler and Richard Balkin address common misconceptions about what works in counseling and offer suggestions for building constructive counseling relationships and facilitating positive counseling outcomes. Key aspects of the client–counselor relationships are supported by interesting examples and stories integrated with clinically useful research on counseling results. 

Part 1 reviews basic assumptions about the nature of helping relationships and examines how and why they can empower client change efforts. Part 2 describes practical approaches to encourage client trust and growth, including chapters on the cultural and environmental context of relationships; the ways in which counseling is used to treat trauma; how exchanging stories solidifies and fortifies counseling relationships; and using creative and innovative
techniques to enhance relationships. Part 3 discusses the influence of relationships on counselors’ personal lives and explores how counselors are affected by their work, process disappointments and failures, and deal with personal conflicts.

Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes

Objectives:

Students who complete the course will be able to:

• Become aware of methods, innovations, and practical tips for effective counseling relationships.
• Utilize the knowledge gained from the text and apply it to their own counseling professions.
• Recognize and reflect on personal awareness of attitudes and beliefs.

Required Book:

Relationships in Counseling and the Counselor’s Life, Copyright 2017, American Counseling Association, ISBN: 978-1556203602

Author:  Jeffrey A. Kottler and Richard S. Balkin

Publisher:  American Counseling Association, 6101 Stevenson Avenue, Suite 600, Alexandria, VA 22304