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Frequently described as the quintessential book for beginning helpers, The Skilled Helper has a worldwide reputation for its clarity, for its true-to-life examples, and, above all, for Egans delineation of an action-oriented three-stage model for helping. In this edition, the author offers a shorter, more concise text that is even more focused on facilitating client change.
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Gerard Egan's The Skilled Helper is internationally recognized for its successful problem-management approach to effective helping. Egan's practical, three-stage model will help you learn to use a wide variety of counseling skills appropriately and effectively; develop a solid foundation as a basis for building your own personal counseling orientation; master practical strategies for facilitating client change; and be able to confront and deal with the "shadow side of helping."And, throughout the book, vivid examples show helping skills in action in a vast array of possible relationships and settings - from correctional institutes and hospitals to private practice.
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