Publisher's Synopsis
Over the past 30 years, EganÔÇÖs THE SKILLED HELPER has taught thousands of students like you a proven, step-by-step counseling process that leads to increased confidence and competence. Internationally recognized for its successful problem-management and opportunity development approach to effective helping, the text emphasizes the collaborative nature of the therapist-client relationship and uses a practical, three-stage model that drives client problem-managing and opportunity-developing action. As you read, youÔÇÖll also gain a feeling for the complexity inherent in any helping relationship. In this tenth edition, Egan now makes use of his version of the ÔÇ£common factorsÔÇØ approach, which gives new meaning and vitality to the bookÔÇÖs themes, as well as to the use of the problem-management model to organize and give coherence to those themes.
