Relationships in Counseling and the Counselor's Life

What do we know, or think we know, about how counseling works? -- What counselors believe matters most : and why their clients disagree -- Models of counseling relationships -- Skills and strategies for promoting therapeutic relationships -- Customized relationships : differences within and between individuals, families, groups, and cultures -- Relational strategies and interventions for trauma -- Exchanging stories to solidify and fortify counseling relationships -- Innovative, creatie, and practical strategies for enhancing relational effects -- Boundaries and barriers within counseling relationships -- Processing disappointments and failures -- Conflicts and struggles in a counselor's personal relationships -- A way of being in all relationships. In this engaging book, Jeffrey Kottler and Richard Balkin address common misconceptions about what works in counseling and offer suggestions for building constructive counseling relationships and facilitating positive counseling outcomes. Key aspects of the client–counselor relationship are supported by interesting examples and stories integrated with clinically useful research on counseling results. Part 1 reviews basic assumptions about the nature of helping relationships and examines how and why they can empower client change efforts. Part 2 describes practical approaches to encourage client trust and growth, including chapters on the cultural and environmental context of relationships; the ways in which counseling is used to treat trauma; how exchanging stories solidifies and fortifies counseling relationships; and using creative and innovative techniques to enhance relationships. Part 3 discusses the influence of relationships on counselors' personal lives and explores how counselors are affected by their work, process disappointments and failures, and deal with personal conflicts. *Requests for digital versions from ACA can be found on www.wiley.com. *To purchase print copies, please visit the ACA website *Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to permissions@counseling.org In this engaging book, Jeffrey Kottler and Richard Balkin address common misconceptions about what works in counseling and offer suggestions for building constructive counseling relationships and facilitating positive counseling outcomes. Key aspects of the client–counselor relationship are supported by interesting examples and stories integrated with clinically useful research on counseling results. Part 1 reviews basic assumptions about the nature of helping relationships and examines how and why they can empower client change efforts. Part 2 describes practical approaches to encourage client trust and growth, including chapters on the cultural and environmental context of relationships; the ways in which counseling is used to treat trauma; how exchanging stories solidifies and fortifies counseling relationships; and using creative and innovativetechniques to enhance relationships. Part 3 discusses the influence of relationships on counselors'personal lives and explores how counselors are affected by their work, process disappointments and failures, and deal with personal conflicts. •Requests for digital versions from ACA can be found on www.wiley.com. •To purchase print copies, please visit the ACA website•Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to publications@counseling.org This introductory text for counselors-in-training and emerging researchers focuses on research methodology, design, measurement, and evaluation. Richard Balkin and David Kleist explain the primary research methods used in counseling while emphasizing the importance of ethics and multicultural issues, demonstrating a professional counselor identity within the framework of research, and outlining the specific approaches used to inform counseling practice. The book contains four parts: The Essence of Research in the Counseling Profession, Quantitative Research Designs, Qualitative Research Designs, and Practice-Based Research. Key features include case examples that bridge the technicalities of research and the realities of practice; strategies for designing research; guidelines for counselors considering topics for a thesis, a dissertation, or the development of an initial study; examples of current counseling research articles; and suggested activities to enhance understanding of the material in each chapter and facilitate classroom discussion. •Requests for digital versions from ACA can be found on www.wiley.com. •To purchase print copies, please visit the ACA website here•Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to publications@counseling.org

In this engaging book, Jeffrey Kottler and Richard Balkin address common misconceptions about what works in counseling and offer suggestions for building constructive counseling relationships and facilitating positive counseling outcomes. Key aspects of the client-counselor relationship are supported by interesting examples and stories integrated with clinically useful research on counseling results.

Part 1 reviews basic assumptions about the nature of helping relationships and examines how and why they can empower client change efforts. Part 2 describes practical approaches to encourage client trust and growth, including chapters on the cultural and environmental context of relationships; the ways in which counseling is used to treat trauma; how exchanging stories solidifies and fortifies counseling relationships; and using creative and innovative
techniques to enhance relationships. Part 3 discusses the influence of relationships on counselors’ personal lives and explores how counselors are affected by their work, process disappointments and failures, and deal with personal conflicts.

"Drs. Kottler and Balkin present one of the most comprehensive and readable texts on the power of relationships to connect, heal, and restore people to their best selves. Anyone who is interested in counseling or helping in general needs to read this exquisitely crafted book." --Paul R. Peluso, PhD, Florida Atlantic University "In this book, Kottler and Balkin blend the known experiences of seasoned counselors with empirical research on relationships. They challenge our mindsets and ask us to question our assumptions and open our worldview about the relational aspects of counseling. This book is applicable to experienced counselors seeking new ways to approach and strengthen relationships, as well as to beginning counselors looking to apply the tenets of basic theories of counseling." --Donna S. Sheperis, PhD, Palo Alto University" Kottler and Balkin present readers with a comprehensive guide to common misconceptions about what works in counseling and suggestions for building constructive counseling relationships and facilitating positive counseling outcomes. The authors have organized the twelve chapters that make up the main body of their text in three parts devoted to operating assumptions about relationships in counseling, relational strategies and interventions, and relationships in the counselors life. Jeffrey A. Kottler is an independent scholar and author. Richard S. Balkin is a faculty member of the University of Louisville, Kentucky and editor of the Journal of Counseling & Development. Annotation 2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)