This book provides practical, step-by-step guidance to the crucial first meeting with a client - at which the helping professional must initiate a relationship.

This highly successful book, newly revised, is for those interested in the helping interview, whether in the fields of counseling, sociology, mental health, or

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A brief primer of essential helping skills for students and professionals in the helping professions, this book contains a brief chapter on theory that provides

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