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Becoming a helper

Corey, Marianne Schneider, author.
Boston, Massachusetts : Cengage, [2021]

Bibliographic Information


Format: eBook
Author: Corey, Marianne Schneider, 1942-
Subject: Human services
Social service
Electronic books
Publication Year:2021
Language:English
Published:Boston, Massachusetts : Cengage, [2021]
ISBN:9780357427354
0357427351
Notes:Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Are the Helping Professions for You? -- Learning Objectives -- Focus Questions -- Aim of the Chapter -- Examining Your Motives for Becoming a Helper -- Our Own Beginnings as Helpers -- Is a Helping Career for You? -- Portrait of the "Ideal Helper -- Investing in Your Educational Program -- Selecting a Professional Program and Career Path -- Overview of Some of the Helping Professions -- Values to Consider in Choosing Your Career Path -- Suggestions for Creating Your Professional Journey -- Self-Assessment: An Inventory of Your Attitudes and Beliefs about Helping -- By Way of Review -- What Will You Do Now? -- Chapter 2: Helper, Know Thyself -- Learning Objectives -- Focus Questions -- Aim of the Chapter -- Impact of Professional Practice on the Helper's Life -- Value of Self-Exploration for the Helper -- Using Individual and Group Counseling for Self-Understanding -- Working with Your Family of Origin -- Understanding Life Transitions -- By Way of Review -- What Will You Do Now? -- Chapter 3: Knowing Your Values -- Learning Objectives -- Focus Questions -- Aim of the Chapter -- Role of Values in Helping -- Avoiding Imposing Values -- Dealing with Value Conflicts -- Concerns of LGBTQI People -- Family Values -- Gender-Role Identity Issues -- Religious and Spiritual Values -- Abortion -- Sexuality -- End-of-Life Decisions -- By Way of Review -- What Will You Do Now? -- Chapter 4: Understanding Diversity -- Learning Objectives -- Focus Questions -- Aim of the Chapter -- A Multicultural Perspective on Helping -- Ethical Dimensions in Multicultural Practice -- Overcoming Cultural Tunnel Vision -- Cultural Values and the Helping Process -- Examining Your Cultural Assumptions -- Understanding People with Disabilities -- Multicultural Counseling Competencies -- Social Justice Competencies.
Multicultural Training -- By Way of Review -- What Will You Do Now? -- Chapter 5: Common Concerns of Beginning Helpers -- Learning Objectives -- Focus Questions -- Aim of the Chapter -- Exploring Self-Doubts and Fears -- Transference and Countertransference -- Working with Clients Who Manifest Problematic Behavior -- Striving for Competence -- By Way of Review -- What Will You Do Now? -- Chapter 6: The Helping Process -- Learning Objectives -- Focus Questions -- Aim of the Chapter -- Your View of the Helping Process -- Our Beliefs about the Helping Process -- Brief Interventions -- Stages of the Helping Process -- By Way of Review -- What Will You Do Now? -- Chapter 7: Theory Applied to Practice -- Learning Objectives -- Focus Questions -- Aim of the Chapter -- Theory as a Roadmap -- Our Theoretical Orientation -- Psychodynamic Approaches -- Experiential and Relationship-Oriented Approaches -- Cognitive Behavioral Approaches -- Postmodern Approaches -- Family Systems Perspective -- An Integrative Approach to the Helping Process -- By Way of Review -- What Will You Do Now? -- Chapter 8: Ethical and Legal Issues Facing Helpers -- Learning Objectives -- Focus Questions -- Aim of the Chapter -- Inventory of Ethical Issues -- Ethical Decision Making -- Informed Consent -- Confidentiality and Privacy -- Documentation and Keeping Records -- Ethical Issues in a Managed Care Environment -- Malpractice and Risk Management -- A Word of Caution -- By Way of Review -- What Will You Do Now? -- Chapter 9: Managing Boundary Issues -- Learning Objectives -- Focus Questions -- Aim of the Chapter -- Self-Inventory on Managing Boundaries -- Multiple Relationships and the Codes of Ethics -- The Multiple Relationship Controversy -- Establishing Personal and Professional Boundaries -- Combining Personal and Professional Relationships -- Social Media and Boundaries.
Bartering in Counseling -- Giving and Accepting Gifts in the Therapeutic Relationship -- Dealing with Sexual Attractions -- Sexual Relationships with Current Clients -- Sexual Relationships with Former Clients -- By Way of Review -- What Will You Do Now? -- Chapter 10: Getting the Most from Your Fieldwork and Supervision -- Learning Objectives -- Focus Questions -- Aim of the Chapter -- Making the Most of Your Fieldwork -- Benefiting from Your Supervision -- Multiple Roles and Relationships in Supervision -- By Way of Review -- What Will You Do Now? -- Chapter 11: Working with Groups -- Learning Objectives -- Focus Questions -- Aim of the Chapter -- Group Work as the Treatment of Choice -- Various Types of Groups -- The Value of Group Work -- Stages of a Group and Tasks of Group Leaders -- Developing Skills as a Group Leader -- The Ethical and Professional Group Leader -- Multicultural and Social Justice Themes in Groups -- Working with Coleaders -- Consider a Group Experience for Yourself -- Teaching Group Members How to Get the Most from a Group Experience -- By Way of Review -- What Will You Do Now? -- Chapter 12: Working in the Community -- Learning Objectives -- Focus Questions -- Aim of the Chapter -- The Scope of the Community Approach -- Multiple Roles of Community Workers -- Community Intervention -- Outreach -- Educating the Community -- Influencing Policymakers -- Mobilizing Community Resources -- Social Activism and Making a Difference -- By Way of Review -- What Will You Do Now? -- Chapter 13: Stress, Burnout, and Self-Care -- Learning Objectives -- Focus Questions -- Aim of the Chapter -- Individual Sources of Stress for Helpers -- Cognitive Approaches to Stress Management -- Environmental Sources of Stress for Helpers -- Stress in an Agency Environment -- Understanding Burnout -- The Impaired Professional.
Strategies to Prevent Burnout -- Staying Alive Personally and Professionally -- Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes That Promote Wellness -- Designing a Personal Strategy for Self-Care and Wellness -- By Way of Review -- What Will You Do Now? -- Chapter 14: Managing Crisis: Personally and Professionally -- Learning Objectives -- Focus Questions -- Aim of the Chapter -- How Crises Affect Us -- Crisis Situations Are Common in Counseling -- Understanding Our Response to Crisis -- The Role of Resilience -- Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral Components of a Crisis -- Crisis Intervention Work -- Guidelines for Working with Clients in Crisis -- Disaster Mental Health Workers -- By Way of Review -- What Will You Do Now? -- Epilogue -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
Course: SW202

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