Consultation for Contemporary Helping Professionals [Paperback]

Thomas C. Harrison (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0205335543 | ISBN-13: 978-0205335541 | Publication Date: November 29, 2003 | Edition: 1

In this new book, traditional models of consulting are presented, critically examined, and reworked to incorporate issues of race and gender into their respective theoretical principles. This book presents a perspective that is relevant to contemporary professional consultants. It engages readers on deep, personal and professional levels while filling critical holes in the preparation of mental health professionals to conduct professional consultation. For example, the book discusses in detail the psychological contract, which is the most critical element determining the success of consultants' work. In staying true to the emphasis in the helping professions on relationships, this text places strong emphasis on identifying and analyzing the numerous and complex relationships that emerge in consultation theory and real-world consultation practice. For anyone in the helping professions.

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In Consultation for Contemporary Helping Professionals, 1e traditional models of consulting are presented, critically examined, and reworked to incorporate issues of race and gender into their respective theoretical principles.

This new text engages readers on deep, personal, and professional levels while filling critical holes in the preparation of mental health professionals to conduct professional consultation. In staying true to the emphasis in the helping professions on relationships, this text places strong emphasis on identifying and analyzing the numerous and complex relationships that emerge in consultation theory and real-world consultation practice.

Features:

• Thoughtfully integrates issues of race and gender throughout the text.
• Includes a unique systematic comparison of counseling and consultation (Ch. 2).
• Includes an examination of the philosophical contexts of consultation and intervening, which receives very little coverage in other consultation texts.
• Examines the Psychological Contract (Chs. 5 & 6).
• Includes an in-depth discussion of workshops as consultations (Ch. 14).
• Seven case studies illuminate various consultation approaches.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 1 edition (November 29, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205335543
• ISBN-13: 978-0205335541
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,386,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Consulting for mental health professionals, March 15, 2010

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As someone who has done IT consulting for many years, I wish that I would have had a book like this before I started on my consulting activities. It contains much good advice for anyone doing consulting in any area. It talks not only about formal contracts, something of which almost all consultants are aware, but it also talks about psychological contracts -- what they are; how they work; and their renegotiation. This book is worth the price just for the information on psychological contracts. I found the entire book a worthwhile read. I especially liked the section on issues of gender, disability, and racioethnic issues in consulting.

I have one problem with the book that I bought. It is not about content; rather it s a physical problem with the book. I bought the paper bound version to save money. That was a mistake. The pages were falling out after about two weeks before I had finished reading the book. I would recommend that anyone who wants to buy this book spend the extra money for the hard bound edition.