Clinical Interviewing

RITA SOMMERS-FLANAGAN, PhD, and JOHN SOMMERS-FLANAGAN, PhD, have worked together professionally for fourteen years, writing, teaching, and conducting research. Rita is a clinical psychologist and an associate professor of counseling at the University of Montana. As a past rehabilitation counselor and current certified school counselor, she brings a variety of perspectives to her teaching of clinical interviewing. John is a clinical psychologist, newspaper columnist, and the executive director of Families First, a parent education program. In his independent practice, John specializes in working with difficult youth. Both John and Rita are widely sought after workshop leaders and speakers. They are the authors of numerous professional articles, instructional chapters, and two books.

BECOMING A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL; Introduction: Philosophy and Organization; Foundations; Preparations; LISTENING AND RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT; Basic Attending Skills; Directives: Listening and Action Responses; Relationship Variables and Clinical Interviewing; STRUCTURING AND ASSESSMENT; An Overview of the Interview Process; The Intake Interview; The Mental Status Examination; Suicide Assessment; Diagnosis and Treatment Planning; INTERVIEWING SPECIAL POPULATIONS; Interviewing Young Clients; Interviewing Couples and Families; Multicultural and Diversity Issues in Interviewing; References; About the Authors; Index.