Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-313) and index.
Contents
Establishing the Foundation for Effective Intervention -- To Do Our Work -- What This Book Has to Offer -- A Paradigm Emphasizing Client Health and Strengths -- A Note About Theory, Clients, and You -- Clinicians' Tasks in Phases of Clinical Work -- Creating a Safe House -- The Safe House of the Helping Process -- A View of Home -- Attachment Behavior and Empathy -- How to Build a Safe House -- Four Paradoxes -- The Helping Relationship -- The Development of the Helping Relationship -- Theories of the Helping Relationship -- Self-Awareness -- Seven Levels of the Relationship -- Relationship: Keystone of Helping -- When You Begin, Begin at the Beginning -- Preparing for First Contacts -- What You Can Expect from Clients in the First Contact -- What Clients Expect from You -- How to Approach the Initial Phase -- When a Referral Is Needed -- A Checklist to Guide You in Assessing First Contacts -- Configuring a Plan to Guide the Process -- Contracting Through Goal Setting -- Collaborative Contracts -- Basic Assumptions About Goals, Clients, and Contracting -- Why Goals? -- Procedure for Contracting -- Outline for the Goal-Oriented Contract -- Progressive Steps in the Contracting Process -- Life-Preserving Contracts -- Written or Oral Contracts -- Barriers to Contracting -- Advantages and Limitations of Contracting -- Disadvantages of Contracting -- A Final Note About Contracting -- Evaluating Client and Clinician Progress -- Clinical Evaluation -- Forms of Clinical Evaluation -- Objective Designs for Client Evaluation.