Product Description

Over 450 databased studies and years of field testing attest to the effectiveness of the Microskills model in INTENTIONAL INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELING: FACILITATING CLIENT DEVELOPMENT IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY! Available with an interactive CD-ROM (which can be packaged with the text), this hallmark text enables students of many backgrounds to master basic skills in a step-by-step fashion, thus rapidly empowering them to conduct a full interview using listening skills. Along the way, they are challenged to re-evaluate their current behaviors and perceptions, thus gaining valuable insight about themselves, their strengths, and the areas where they can develop further. By the time they finish reading the text, they will have the ability to adapt their skills to meet both individual and multicultural uniqueness, conduct interviews using five different theoretical approaches, and be well on their way to developing a personalized style and theory of interviewing and counseling that matches their own aptitudes and affinities.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50432 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-21
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 528 pages

Review
"A well researched and well written introduction to counseling skills and to multicultural counseling. I very much like the Microskills approach and think it may be the most effective framework to teach peer counselors. I teach on a diverse campus and the book’s emphasis on diversity is very powerful."

"I find this revised book exceptional...It is the first book on counseling techniques that I have read that truly integrates multiculturalism into the basic counseling skills learning process...I believe this book has multiple uses as a basic counseling skills book as well as an excellent multicultural text book. I plan to adopt this book as soon as it is made available to me. I commend the authors for their dedication to making teaching counseling techniques exciting for me again."

"I found each chapter to be excellent, much improved over prior editions. Key strengths: multicultural infusion, addresses spirituality, accessible, utilizes strength-based approach, allows students to contemplate their own ideas about helping and integrate them with theories, lots of case examples, useful exercises...I would use this text because it provides concrete examples of how to help effectively and takes into consideration cultural factors, because it comes with a CDROM, because it encourages students to develop their own styles."

Book Info
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst. Textbook, for students, covers listening skills and understanding patients needs, solution-oriented interviewing, and more. Includes an informative web site, and a free online library. Previous edition: c1998. Softcover.

About the Author
Allen E. Ivey is Distinguished University Professor (Emeritus), University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Professor of Counseling at the University of South Florida, Tampa (Courtesy Appointment) He is president of Microtraining Associates, an educational publishing firm. Allen is a Diplomate in Counseling Psychology and was honored as a "Multicultural Elder" at the National Multicultural Conference and Summit. Allen is author or co-author of more than 40 books and 200 articles and chapters, translated into eighteen languages. He is the originator of the Microskills approach, basic to this book. Mary Bradford Ivey is Vice President of Microtraining Associates and Courtesy Professor of Counseling, University of South Florida, Tampa. She is a former school counselor for the Amherst, Massachusetts, schools and has served as visiting professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; University of Hawai'i, Manoa; and Flinders University, South Australia. Mary's undergraduate degree in social work and education is from Gustavus Adolphus College, and she has a master's degree in counseling from the University of Wisconsin. She earned her doctorate in organizational development at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Mary is the author or co-author of twelve books, translated into multiple languages, and several articles and chapters. She is a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) and a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC), and she has held a certificate in school counseling. She has presented workshops and keynote lectures with Allen throughout the world, including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Israel, Greece, Sweden, Canada, Great Britain, Portugal, and Germany. She is also known for her work in promoting and explaining development guidance and counseling in the United States and abroad. Mary received national recognition when her elementary counseling program at the Fort River School was named one of the ten best in the nation at the Christa McAuliffe Conference. She is one of the first 15 honored Fellows of the American Counseling Association and is also a recipient of the American Counseling Associa¬tion's O'Hana Award for her work in multi¬cultural ¬counseling in the schools.

Customer Reviews

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This book arrived during the exact time period that was quoted and in the exact condition that was expected. The book was wrapped and packaged securely.

The arrival of my book
I liked the fact that the product came in quickly but it was placed in a small box that didn't fix the size of the book so it was folded over bubble wrap. When I got it, the book was bent and even though it was placed so that it wouldn't bent, becasue the box was smaller than the product and folded, it did bend and affected the pages and cover. Next time, if you could please place the product in a box that fit.

Intentional Intervieweing and Counseling
This book did not arrive on time and when it did arrive was in a horrible condition. I was in the process of requesting a refund when the book arrived.