{"product_id":"9780830828609","title":"Skills for Effective Counseling: A Faith-Based Integration","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnyone in a helping profession—including professional counselors, spiritual directors, pastoral counselors, chaplains and others—needs to develop effective communication skills. But learning these skills is like learning a new language: it takes time and practice to communicate effectively, and lack of practice can lead to the loss of one's ability to use this new language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuitable for both beginning students and seasoned practitioners, Skills for Effective Counseling provides a biblically integrated approach to foundational counseling skills that trains the reader to use specific microskills. These skills include perceiving, attending, validating emotion and empathic connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters include textbook features such as sample session dialogues, role plays and a variety of both in-class and out-of-class exercises and reflection activities that will engage various learning styles. Strategically interwoven throughout the chapters are special topics related to:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emulticultural counselingbiblical\/theological applicationscurrent and seminal research related to microskillsdiagnostic and theoretical implicationsclinical tips for using skills in \"real world\" counseling settingsthe relevance of specific microskills to interpersonal relationships and broader ministry settings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis textbook and the accompanying IVP Instructor Resources include all of the activities and assignments that an instructor might need to execute a graduate, undergraduate or lay course in foundational counseling skills. Professors teaching within CACREP-accredited professional counseling programs will be able to connect specific material in the textbook to the latest CACREP Standards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"InterVarsity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031095296240,"sku":"9780830828609","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780830828609_p0.jpg?v=1763756100","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780830828609","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}