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Thinking and Acting Like an Eclectic School Counselor

By: Richard D. Parsons

Blend individual therapeutic approaches into a model that works for you!

This practical guide presents a transtheoretical, or eclectic, model school counselors can use for evaluating student information, selecting the most effective interventions from a variety of theories, and coordinating interventions with sequential steps of behavioral change. Following the format of the companion books on behavioral, cognitive, and solution-focused counseling, this concise text includes:

A reflective, meaning-making model as a basis for effective school counseling
An introduction to the fundamental principles of eclectic or transtheoretical practice
Clinical illustrations of eclectic intervention strategies that promote change
In-depth case studies and guided practice exercises

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Product Details

Grade Level: K-12
ISBN: 9781412966474
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2009
Page Count: 152
Publication date: August 13, 2009

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Description

"This should become a standard graduate school text for up-and-coming school counselors. The author knows school counseling, school counselors, and what school counselors face on a daily basis. This book helps it all make sense, and makes it even easier to grow as a counselor."
—Gloria Avolio DePaul, Elementary School Counselor
School District of Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL

Blend individual therapeutic approaches into a model that works for you!

The process of behavioral change often transcends any single counseling methodology. However, successfully employing diverse intervention strategies requires a coherent framework and an integrated approach.

Richard D. Parsons presents a transtheoretical, or eclectic, model school counselors can use to evaluate student information, select the most effective interventions from a variety of theories, and coordinate the interventions with sequential steps for behavioral change. Following the format of the companion books on behavioral, cognitive, and solution-focused school counseling, this concise text includes:

A reflective, meaning-making model as a basis for effective school counseling
An introduction to the fundamental principles of eclectic or transtheoretical practice
Clinical illustrations of eclectic intervention strategies that promote change
In-depth case studies and guided practice exercises

Ideal for individual study or for use in group development, this practical guide allows new and less experienced practitioners to grow from "novice" to "expert" through ample opportunities for practice and feedback.

Key features

Practice and feedback are central to this text. Case illustrations, case presentations with analyses of counselor actions, and the decision making processes underlying them, along with guided practice activities are used as 'teaching tools' throughout. The book is organized around the following sections:

Thinking and acting like an expert
Core constructs of cognitive counseling
Clinical illustrations of intervention strategies
In depth case verbatim (with "counselor thinking" superimposed )
Guided practice exercises to assist the reader in thinking and acting like an expert

Author(s)

Richard D. Parsons

Richard D. Parsons, Ph.D. is a Full Professor in the Counselor Education Department at West Chester University. Dr. Parsons has over 45 years of university teaching in counselor preparation programs. Prior to his University teaching Dr. Parsons spent 9 years as a school counselor in an inner-city high school.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Book Series

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Section I. The Transtheoretical Model of Change, an Integrative Model Guiding a School Counselor’s Reflective Practice

1. The School Counselor as Reflective Practitioner

2. The Fundamental Principles of the Transtheoretical Model

Section II. Integrating Stages and Processes of Change

3. The Stages of Change

4. The Processes of Change

5. Matching Stage and Process

Section III. TTM Guiding Reflective Practice: A Look at the School Counselor in Action

6. School Counselors Reflecting In and On Practice

7. Practice in Procedural Thinking

Epilogue

References

Index

Reviews

"The transtheoretical model presented in this book describes an approach that is easily implemented by school counselors. The clear explanations and useful examples help the reader understand the ideas."

Sheri Bauman, Associate Professor
University of Arizona

"This should become a standard grad school text for up and coming school counselors. The author knows school counseling, school counselors, and what school counselors face on a daily basis. This book helps it all make sense, and makes it even easier to grow as a counselor."

Gloria Avolio DePaul, Elementary School Counselor
School District of Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL

"The case studies truly assist the reader in understanding how to implement the concepts to create change. The book provides practical ideas and strategies that can easily be implemented in school counseling sessions."

Joyce Stout, Elementary School Counselor
Redondo Beach Unified School District, CA

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