Client Assessment

1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-8039-7503-3
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 229 g

Reihe: Professional Skills for Counsellors Series

`This chunky little book is packed with interesting approaches to the currently fashionable area of client assessment. This is a book for any counsellor or counsellor trainee's shelf, a necessary reference for the sound professional' - Counselling News

`The comprehensive series of essays. is a timely contribution. This book is about being professional and effective. a valuable multimodal life inventory for use with clients is provided' - Counselling, The Journal of The British Association for Counselling

What information will help you assess the therapeutic needs of a client? Could you identify a suicidal client? How can you tell whether or not you are working with appropriate clients? Answering these and other questions, this book sheds light on a crucial, but often neglected, area of counselling. The authors provide clear guidelines, backed up by practice points, which clarify the assessment, monitoring and evaluation of clients.

The book adopts a broad approach, transcending specific counselling theories and covering the main issues involved at key stages in the client/counsellor relationship - from the initial contact, through monitoring of the therapeutic programme, to ending the counselling process. Areas examined include: assessing the best type of therapy for each client; identifying the client's therapeutic goals; history taking; referral; and evaluating goal achievement.

Gladeanna McMahon is presenter of the ITV programme Dial A Mum.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palmer, Stephen

Mcmahon, Gladeana

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie Psychologische Diagnostik, Testpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

What Do You Say after You Say `Er'? - Stephen Palmer
General Assessment Issues - Peter Ruddell
Client History Taking and Associated Administration - Gladeana McMahon
Medical and Psychiatric Assessment - Berni Curwen
What Type of Help? - Peter Ruddell and Berni Curwen
Assessing for Optimal Therapeutic Intervention - Mark Aveline
Assessment and Accountability - Patricia Armstrong
Modality Assessment - Stephen Palmer
Reviewing and Evaluating Therapeutic Progress - Carole Sutton

Über Autor(innen)

Palmer, Stephen
Professor Stephen Palmer PhD is an award winning psychologist and psychotherapist. He is Founder Director of the Centre for Stress Management, London. He is the UK's first Visiting Professor of Work Based Learning and Stress Management at Middlesex University. He has authored/edited over 50 books including The Beginner's Guide to Counselling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2015). He is Co-editor of the European Journal of Counselling Theory, Research and Practice. Currently he is Honorary President of the International Stress Management Association; President of the International Society for Coaching Psychology; Founder Co-Chair of the London Branch of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies; a Founder Director and Vice President of the Society of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and a Director and Deputy Chair of the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. His interests include jazz, art and coastal walking.