Improving Therapeutic Communication P: A Guide for Developing Effective Techniques - Softcover

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D. Corydon Hammond is a psychologist, professor, andco-director of the Sex and Martial Therapy Clinic at the Universityof Utah School of Medicine. He is a past president of the AmericanSociety of Clinical Hypnosis.

Dean H. Hepworth is retired. He was associate dean andprofessor of the Graduate School of Social Work, University ofUtah.

Veon G. Smith, deceased, was a professor in the GraduateSchool of Social Work and director of the Marriage and FamilyCounseling Bureau, University of Utah.

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Improving Therapeutic Communication was first published in 1977 and has become a classic guide for mental health professionals, students, interns, and trainees who want to refine their basic people skills and improve their therapeutic bedside manner. The book includes fundamental principles, practical guidelines and exercises that aim to instill and enhance the fundamental skills needed to respond to clients in a helpful manner. This first paperback edition of the best-selling guide also includes a new foreword by author D. Corydon Hammond.
Throughout the book, the authors focus on the basic skills that facilitate communications in therapy (empathy, respect, authenticity, relating in the here-and-now, and confrontation) and explore specific methods of using them. These skills--which research shows are crucial to effective therapy--enable therapists and counselors to

• Empathize in a caring way with the feelings of clients
• Become receptive to clients in a warm, respectful, and nonjudgmental way
• Constructively share feelings with clients in a natural, open manner
• Therapeutically utilize moment-to-moment, here-and-now interaction
• Make clients aware of their inconsistencies and discrepancies without arousing antagonism or defensiveness