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Since its development in the late seventies, the author's Semi-Automated Full Battery system of using word processor and codified statements to write psychological test reports and do psychological test analysis has been expanded considerably. This volume reviews this material, unique in that it is a carefully codified actuarial system for psychological test interpretation coupled with ready-to-go narrative statements that can be blended into psychological test reports. The Full Battery Codebook is a collection of works that originated from the Semi-Automated Full Battery and has been expanded to include not only additional tests, but stepped-down versions of computer programs. ... Read more

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Compass Therapy not only bridges the gap between psychology and Christianity, but makes sense of personality disorders as never before, delivering the Human Nature Compass and the Self Compass growth tools for immediate application by therapists, pastoral counselors, and clinical chaplains. Dr. Ray Anderson, Fuller Seminary's Senior Professor of Theology and Ministry, writes: "I am not aware of any other book that succeeds as well as this one in providing both professional therapists as well as Christian counselors with a theoretical and practical model that combines psychology and theology in an integrated way. It has a profound simplicity that covers a wide range of personality disorders. Readers will say, `Now I see why typical patterns of dysfunctional and disruptive behavior have a common root but also a specific cause.' Put it on top of your reading list!" Topics range from developing the Compass model in a logical and memorable way, to applying the Self Compass to diagnosis and treatment strategies that free counseless from the dysfunctional behaviors of the Dependent, Histrionic, Paranoid, Antisocial, Schizoid, Avoidance, Compulsive, Narcissistic, and Borderline personality patterns. A hallmark of Compass Therapy involves deepening counselee motivation by showing persons how they are stuck on the Self Compass, and what active steps they can take to develop more whole personalities and satisfying relationships. Thus, Compass Therapy faces the reality of disturbed functioning while generating a warranted hope for a person's healing and transformation. ... Read more

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Fuller Seminary Senior Professor: 'Put It on Top of Your Reading List!'
At the core of Compass Therapy is the divine endowment of spirituality in each person that comes to expression through the mental, emotional and physical spheres of the self. Through diagrams and dialogue this book takes the reader directly into the counseling experience where a therapeutic alliance between the therapist and the counselee is created, releasing the innate spiritual capacity of the self to overcome negative and counter-productive personality patterns of behavior. Dan Montgomery rightly views emotional and mental health as more than merely removing pathology;rather it is the movement of the self in relation to others where identity, intimacy and community are actualized as an achievement of the holistic self.

I am not aware of any other book that succeeds as well as this one in providing both professional therapists as well as Christian counselors with a theoretical and practical model that combines psychology and theology in an integrated way. It has a profound simplicity that covers a wide range of personality disorders. Readers will say, 'Now I see why typical patterns of dysfunctional and disruptive behavior have a common root but also a specific cause.' Put it on top of your reading list!

Ray S. Anderson, Ph.D., Senior Professor of Theology and Ministry, Fuller Theological Seminary

A Therapy Book To Get Excited About
This book has a light Christian touch that frames a depth treatment of personality disorders, which Dr. Montgomery calls 'personality patterns,'emphasizing their capacity for constructive change. Compass Therapy connects these patterns to a healthy central model: the Self Compass. Examples throughout the book show how to promote personality health, even while neutralizing and dismantling destructive patterns. I think I liked best the contagious optimism the author imparts about doing good therapy.

Excellent Book for Therapists and Pastoral Counselors
A must read for any counselor who practices within the realm of a spiritual background. I have known Dr. Dan Montgomery for over 30 and have benefited from his writing and supervision. This user-friendly book is worth reading and re-reading for years to come.

Hope for Treating Personality Disorders
As an established theory in the field of counseling and psychotherapy, Compass Therapy delivers the Self Compass and Human Nature Compass growth tools for empowering treatment strategies. This book brings a much needed spirit of hope even for difficult clinical syndromes involving personality disorders. I've been doing therapy for 40 years and see this as an outstanding book!
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These books provide an invaluable reference for teachers of psychology. The plethora of teaching strategies and techniques discussed should serve to improve the quality of their teaching. For those who teach high school, college, and graduate students in psychology, education, and the social sciences, these volumes present immediate practical applications and rich sources of ideas. They contain the collective experiences of teachers who have successfully dealt with students' difficulty in mastering important concepts about human behavior. Volume 1 addresses teaching strategies for courses that make up the core of most psychology curricula; introductory psychology, statistics, research methods, and the history of psychology. Volume 2 discusses teaching physiology, perception, learning, memory, and developmental psychology. Volume 3 deals with teaching personality, abnormal clinical-counseling, and social psychology.

Each volume contains a table listing the articless in that volume and identifying the primary and secondary courses in which each demonstration can be used.
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Counseling psychology is a psychological specialty that encompasses research and applied work in several broad domains: counseling process and outcome; supervision and training; career development and counseling; diversity and multiculturalism; and prevention and health. Some unifying themes among counseling psychologists include a focus on assets and strengths, person-environment interactions, educational and career development, brief interactions, and a focus on intact personalities. In the United States of America, the premier scholarly journals of the profession are the Journal of Counseling Psychology and The Counseling Psychologist. In Europe, the scholarly journals of the profession include the European Journal of Counselling Psychology (under the auspices of the European Association of Counselling Psychology) and the Counselling Psychology Review (under the auspices of the British Psychological Society). Counselling Psychology Quarterly is an international interdisciplinary publication of Routledge (part of the Taylor & Francis Group). ... Read more

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This book, specifically designed to meet the needs of those teaching and learning interviewing and diagnostic skills in clinical, counseling and school psychology, counselor education, and other programs preparing mental health professionals, offers a rich array of practical, hands-on, class- and workshop-tested role-playing and didactic exercises.

The authors, who bring to their task a combined 31 years of practice and 24 years of teaching these skills, present 20 complex profiles of a broad range of clients--adults, teens, and children; differing in ethnicity, gender, religion, socioeconomic status, presenting problems, and problem severity. The profiles provide students/trainees with a wealth of information about each client's feelings, thoughts, actions, and relationship patterns on which to draw as they proceed through the different phases of the intake/initial interview, one playing the client and one the interviewer. Each client profile is followed by exercises, which can also be assigned to students not participating in role-playing who have simply read the profile.

The profiles are detailed enough to support a focus on whatever interviewing skills an instructor particularly values. However, the exercises highlight attending, asking open and closed questions, engaging in reflective listening, responding to nonverbal behavior, making empathetic comments, summarizing, redirecting, supportively confronting, and commenting on process. The authors' approach to DSM-IV diagnoses encourages students to develop their diagnostic choices from Axis I to Axis V and then thoughtfully review them in reverse order from Axis V to Axis I to ensure that the impacts of individual, situational, and biological factors are all accurately reflected in the final diagnoses. Throughout, the authors emphasize the importance of understanding diversity and respecting the client's perceptions--and of reflecting on the ways in which the interviewer's own identity influences both the process of interviewing and that of diagnosis.

Interviewing and Diagnostic Exercises for Clinical and Counseling Skills Building will be welcomed as a invaluable new resource by instructors, students, and trainees alike.
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Counseling student's review

This manual had excercises that really made you stretch.It covered a lot of ground and was clear in explaining all toics.It was up to date as well.I learned a lot from going through this book. ... Read more

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Changes within the interdisciplinary field of intellectual and developmental disabilities are evolving at a rapid pace. Clinicians, academics, administrators, and a variety of mental health providers alike need easy-to-access, reliable information that enables them to stay abreast of the numerous advances in research, assessment, treatment, and service delivery within a real-world sociopolitical framework. To that end, the Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is an essential resource for any professional who works with this vulnerable population.

This volume examines in detail the numerous advances in the field, summarizing major domains and emerging subspecialties into one eminently useful reference. Its contributors comprise a panel of the leading scientist-clinicians, who offer much-needed insight and guidance into ongoing improvements in theory and practice as well as intervention and prevention. For example, the handbook:

- Opens with chapters that offer a comprehensive review of current definitions, classifications, etiology, and findings on the most prevalent conditions, including cerebral palsy, pediatric brain injury, genetic syndromes, and autism spectrum disorder

- Provides a survey of psychological and educational service delivery systems available to people with intellectual disabilities – for example, several chapters focus on explaining how agencies work, the politics of service delivery, residential versus day treatment, and program evaluation

- Offers a wide range of assessment and diagnostic tools and tactics, including cognitive and adaptive behavior assessments, assessing for psychopathology, developmental screening, family assessment, and forensic applications

- Reviews the latest evidence-based prevention and intervention strategies, from social skills training to self-harm reduction to pharmacotherapy

- Concludes with insightful chapters on the ethical issues social acceptance and advocacy

The Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities makes clear the far-reaching impact these disorders have on individuals, their families, and society in general. For clinicians, researchers, and advanced-level graduate students, this volume is a must-have resource and reference.

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This is the thoroughly revised edition of the groundbreaking, definitive text for supervisors in substance abuse counseling. When it was originally published by Lexington in 1993, the book was the first to synthesize the various approaches and techniques of clinical supervision. The "blended model" of supervision offered easy-to-follow guidelines on supervisory contracting, observation, case presentation, modeling, feedback, intervention, and evaluation. In the years since the first edition (and the subsequent paperback reprint JB published in 1998), the author has gathered fresh, new data to update the blended model, which is presented throughout this revision. Also, since the previous edition, the role of the supervior has changed. In the wake of the managed care revolution and several new federal and state regulations, supervisors find themselves absorbed in conformity and compliance issues, financial management, various legal issues, and the completion of an endless array of mandated forms. These, in addition to assuring the clinical knowledge and skill of their counselors, are part of a supervisors new job description. This revisions deals with all of these issues and how to balance them and assure quality treatment.In addition, there is a new Introduction, a new final chapter on current and future trends in alcohol and drug abuse counseling, and the bibliography is "the most complete and current bibliography...in the field of clinical supervision." The back matter includes assessment forms, evaluation letters, and development plans in template form for supervisors to use. ... Read more

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A must for all clinical supervisors
If you are studying for the Certification Test for Clinical Supervision this book is a must.The theories section is clear and gives all the information you will need to do well on that section of the test.

very helpful
I found this book to be very helpful. It is clear and has a useful framework for conceptualizing supervision.

Essential handbook from the master of supervision
The only thing better than having this book is having the opportunity to hear David Powell speak in person. I had the privilege of attending a two day seminar on supervision by Dr. Powell, and his wisdom and inspiration for the field of counseling is truly amazing. This book is well thought out and practical, very helpful in guiding one through basic as well as more complex issues of supervision. Most credentialing bodies utilize his book for continuing education, and for good reason. Cannot say enough about Dr. Powell and this book. ... Read more

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For the course in Introduction to Counseling at the undergraduate or graduate level, this text is a comprehensive overview of the field of counseling psychology its interventions, its practitioners, and its practices. Written by two eminent leaders in the field, this long awaited revision covers the history of the field, as well as major concepts, theories, interventions, and research. It discusses ethics, training, careers, and practice in counseling psychology, embracing the scientist-practitioner model. ... Read more

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Expanded edition of Clinical Handbook of Pastoral Counseling contains added chapters on supervision, family systems, ethics, research and spiritual direction. ... Read more

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Great addition to any pastors library
This fine book is compendium of many articles on different subjects in Pastoral Counselling. Each article highlights the key elements of a topic. I have found it is great to have on the shelf when something I am not as familiar with happens. I have used it for ten years in the Pastoral Counselling class I teach and other than it is almost impossible to find some years I would not change the book in coming years

Pastoral Counseling Helpful to the beginner as well as the s
It provides some fundamental definitions/distinctions which are extremely important.The section on Pastoral Counseling and Maturity helps to give you an understanding of basic spirituality.Some areas were more of the same from counseling skills standpoint.But sections relating to the different ministries within pastoral counseling were very helpful by providing basic structure. Overall it is very comprehensive, prepares you for sessions, and give youa good historical base (theoritical and Spritual).It is worth purchasing it a good resource as well as just beginning. ... Read more

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Innovative and reflective, the first edition of Counseling and Spirituality strives to integrate the spiritual and clinical perspectives of counselors in order to successfully support clients’ religious or spiritual journeys through utilizing appropriate knowledge and interventions. With cultural concerns such as religion and spirituality quickly becoming of growing importance and interest in the helping professions, this book serves to define varieties of spiritual beliefs, assess spiritual wellness, and apply theory- and practice-based approaches to individualized spiritual counseling situations.

Throughout the 15 chapters of the text, author Joshua Gold helps current and future counselors alike to contemplate how they see religion and spirituality in their own lives and to appraise how their own spirituality sways who they are as clinicians and what they do in the provision of mental health services for their clients.

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This two-volume handbook offers a thorough treatment of the concepts and theoretical developments concerning how to apply cultural knowledge in theory and practice to various racial and cultural groups.

Volume Two focuses on practice and training, and addresses such topics as:

• assessment
• testing
• group therapy
• occupational therapy
• supervision
• ethics
• couples and family therapy
• continuing education

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Laura Smith argues that if there is any segment of society that should be concerned with the impact of classism and poverty, it is those within the ''helping professions'' -- people who have built their careers around understanding and facilitating human emotional well-being. In this groundbreaking book, Smith charts the ebbs and flows of psychology's consideration of poor clients, and then points to promising new approaches to serving poor communities that go beyond remediation, sympathy, and charity. Including the author's own experiences as a psychologist in a poor community, this inspiring book shows practitioners and educators how to implement considerations of social class and poverty within mental health theory and practice, addresses poverty from a true social class perspective, beginning with questions of power and oppression in health settings, presents a view of poverty that emerges from the words of the poor through their participation in interviews and qualitative research, and offers a message of hope that poor clients and psychologists can reinvent their relationship through working together in ways that are liberating for all parties. ... Read more

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Completely revised and updated, the Second Edition of "Clinical Psychology and People with Intellectual Disabilities" covers introductory and background issues, general clinical issues, and working with specific client groups, including offenders with intellectual disabilities and parents with intellectual disabilities. It contains seven new chapters that cover topics such as: The Social Context of Intellectual Disability; Working with People; Risk and Risk Management; Working Professionally; Evaluation and Audit; People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder; and, Older People. This is a vital tool for clinical psychologists, health psychologists, and graduate students in clinical psychology programs. ... Read more

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Must reading for all therapists
The book examines the interesection of the clinical, ethical, and legal practices of psychotherapy.This bookchallenges the reader to examine how they would handle a multitude of clinical situations.

Must reading for all new as well as seasoned therapists!!!

A must read for the serious clinician
This is the best book I have read on boundary issues for clinicians. It is comprehensive yet practical, scholarly yet packed with case studies and examples. This sets the tone now for books on ethical and legal concerns for all clinicians. A must read! ... Read more

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Library of Congress Control Number:2009904837Also used as a counselor training and examination manual, this book gives away the secrets of effective counselors and therapists. The practical skills and concepts distilled in the present form, are the contributions of countless colleagues and clients who over the years have challenged the creative energies of the author. Effective Counseling Skills is designed to achieve the primary purpose of making counseling skills public knowledge in the belief that the health of society is improved when counseling is known to the most people. The style of the manual is conversational with numerous examples of the wording of therapeutic statements. Major topic areas include an explanation of the client's personal history, suicide prevention, how to begin and deepen the counseling process, helping the client learn healthy ways of relating, moving the client from childhood to maturity, skills for healing grief, and working with couples facing issues of conflict, infidelity, addiction, and other common problems. Practical ways to build and manage a counseling practice are presented. A detailed index and table of contents make the volume easy to use as a guide for both the practitioner as well as people seeking help.The title is also available through interlibrary loan in the US and Canada from major public and university libraries listed on WorldCat.org. ... Read more

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Very informative using down to earth language
This book is a hands on ready to use technique type of information. Nice read without a lot of clinical jargon. ... Read more

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With expanded content and an emphasis on Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Programs (CACREP) standards, this user-friendly yet scholarly text again provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of community counseling.

• Examines the many roles and functions community counselors perform, the variety of settings in which their work is done, and how that work differs from one client population to another.
• Emerging issues and trends in the field are given appropriate attention
• First-person narratives throughout the text explore specific challenges and opportunities associated with particular areas of expertise.

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Received book quickly
Book was in the condition that was described so no surprises there. I also received it pretty quickly (didn't realize it until I got it!). I definitely recommend this seller. Thanks a lot. The only thing I would have liked was tracking information, but since I received the book quickly no problems there either.

Pleased with product
The item arrived earlier than expected. The quality was great and the price was cheaper than I would have paid in a bookstore.

Great for any counseling course
This book comes n handy no matter if ur taking a clinical course or not. Contain loads of info.

Satisfied
Book was received on time and in good condition as promised.The seller even sent a 10% off coupon for future transactions.This is required reading for a community counseling class and I find it to be a good choice from a student's perspective.Overall, I'm pleased with this transaction.

A little dry
This textbook is dry. Thisbook basically went over everything that I have learned during the last year of graduate school. It is a great resource for a person looking into going into counseling. It covers all things that a counselor may do while working in the community. ... Read more

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Therapist's Guide to Clinical Intervention, Second Edition is a must-have reference for clinicians completing insurance forms, participating in managed care, or practicing in treatment settings requiring formalized goals and treatment objectives. This practical, hands-on handbook outlines treatment goals and objectives for each type of psychopathology as defined by the diagnostic and statistical manual by the American Psychiatric Association, identifies skill-building resources, and provides samples of all major professional forms.

With over 30% new information, this new edition covers a variety of new special assessments including domestic violence, phobias, eating disorders, adult ADHD, and outpatient progress. New skill-building resources focus on surviving holiday blues, improving communication, overcoming shyness, teaching couples to fight "fair", surviving divorce, successful stepfamilies, managing anger, coping with post traumatic stress, and more. Additional professional forms have been added including treatment plans, a brief mental health evaluation, parent's questionnaire, and a contract for providing service for people with no insurance.

In a practical hands-on approach, this handbook:
* Outlines treatment goals and objectives for DSM-IV diagnoses
* Provides outlines for assessing special circumstances
* Offers skill building resources to supplement treatment
* Provides samples for a wide range of business and clinical forms

* Outlines treatment goals and objectives for DSM-IV diagnoses
* Outlines for assessing special circumstances
* Offers skill building resources to supplement treatment
* Provides samples for a wide range of business and clinical forms ... Read more

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Therapist's Guide to Clinical Intervention
This book has really been a tremendous resource to me in my profession.It provides great insight into the assessment process, and I love the self test, and other exercises. I really love this book so much, that I wish that the binding was so that pages could be more easily removed then placed back (for coping and to utilize during individual session).I would eagerly invest more if provided the opportunity to purchase this book in a removable notebook style fastening.

Great for Cert or Re-Cert, but "Therapy Light"
This =is= a terrific text for certification and re-certification preparation... albeit with some caveats. Most of what Johnson has pulled together =is= "good stuff," as far as it goes. But there's a lot that isn't included, and some of what is included is more in the nature of "good ideas" than truly evidence-based treatment.

I'm also forced to agree with some of the one-, two- and three-star-giving reviewers that the book =is= poorly organized, even if it flows fairly well from one topic to the next, but for me, that's less of an issue than some of it's recommendations and many of it's fairly obvious exclusions.

Johnson's training appears to have occured at the apogee of the cognitive-behavioral and family systems eras. Her notions of therapy are essentially behavioristic and/or cognitive, which is fine, but only insofar as what those approaches to therapy can accomplish. Which makes TG2CI a sort of "therapy light" if one is up against a personality-disordered adult molested as a child with the sort of dense defense mechanisms typical in such people. Having worked with quite a few in the past two-plus decades, I'd have been utterly helpless in the face of their mysteries and manipulations if I'd been solely an REBT, CBT, CAT, SIQR or schematherapist.

That said, I admit that third-wave psychodynamic, experiential ("Gestalt-plus"), interpersonal and new-wave neuropsychological approaches tend to defy this sort of organization. And that may be the book's essential fault. Johnson has sought to reduce psychotherapy to a series of outlines. And for the patient with two or three overlapping Axis II compilations, let alone three or four in borderline organization, a series of outlines (even like those provided by the estimable Teddy Millon, Seth Grossman, Aaron Beck and Arthur Freeman) is wholly inadequate.

Those considerations aside, this book =does= belong on your bookshelf. No other text I know of has as much "procedural" material between its covers, let alone all the assessment forms one can lay down on top of copier. At twice the price, it would be a bargin in that respect.

Just don't buy it thinking that "all" the answers -- or even useful synopses thereof -- are between its covers.

Great resource
In a short time it has been an invaluable resource. I took a look at it in a bookstore and decided the wide range of topics, exercises, etc. would be beneficial and I have not been disappointed.

Lots of info but very disorganized
I was surprised at how disorganized this book is.There are lots of typos and no discernible structure.There are some good tips and ideas but many of them, without context, don't make a lot of sense.

I think this is good when I am stuck writing a treatment plan and I know the kinds of things I want to start doing but I am having trouble putting words to it.

However, if this book was given some structure and contextualized the tips, it would be much, MUCH more useful.

Textbook for teaching counseling skills
This is one of the best books I have used to teach psychotherapy skills to Master's level counselors.There is a wealth of information about psychopathology, counseling theories and of course, specific interventions for many, many disorders, much more than in the DSM.It is a resource for students to use throughout their careers.

Dr. Ellyn Herb, Ph.D. ... Read more