Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy

Gerald J. Mozdzierz, PhD, is a professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at Loyola University and also maintains a private practice. Paul R. Peluso, PhD, is an associate professor and chair of the department of counselor education at Florida Atlantic University. He is the coauthor of five books and author of numerous articles and book chapters. Joseph Lisiecki, LCSW, has 32 years of clinical experience at Hines VA hospital in Illinois.

Introduction: Learning to Think Like a Therapist: Characteristics of Expert Therapist Thinking and Why It Is Important to Learn How to Think Like a Therapist. 1. Overview of the State of Psychotherapy and the Domains of Competence. The Level I Practitioner Profile. 2. The Domain of Connecting With and Engaging the Client: Listening. 3. The Domain of Connecting With and Engaging the Client: Responding. 4. The Domain of Assessment: Clients’ Symptoms, Stages of Change, Needs, Strengths, and Resources. 5. The Domain of Assessment: The Theme Behind a Client’s Narrative, Therapeutic Goals, and Client Input About Goal Achievement. 6. The Domain of Establishing and Maintaining the Therapeutic Relationship and the Therapeutic Alliance: Relationship Building. 7. The Domain of Establishing and Maintaining the Therapeutic Relationship and the Therapeutic Alliance: The Therapeutic Alliance. The Level II Practitioner Profile. 8. The Domain of Understanding Clients’ Cognitive Schemas: Foundations. 9. The Domain of Understanding Clients’ Cognitive Schemas: Assessment and Clinical Conceptualization. 10. The Domain of Addressing and Managing Clients’ Emotional States: Basic Understandings. 11. The Domain of Addressing and Managing Clients’ Emotional States: Managing Common Negative Emotions in Therapy. 12. The Domain of Addressing and Resolving Ambivalence: Understanding and Identifying Client Ambivalence. 13. The Domain of Addressing and Resolving Ambivalence: Working With and Resolving Client Ambivalence. 14. Summary and the Disengagement/Engagement Hypothesis. References. Index