Helping Skills: Facilitating Exploration, Insight, and Action, Sixth Edition is a textbook by Clara E. Hill, Harold Chui, and Judith A. Gerstenblith, published by the American Psychological Assoc
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Helping Skills: Facilitating Exploration, Insight, and Action, Sixth Edition is a textbook by Clara E. Hill, Harold Chui, and Judith A. Gerstenblith, published by the American Psychological Association in late 2024/early 2025. It presents an updated, goal-based model for training aspiring helping professionals in essential clinical skills.
Book Details and Editions
The sixth edition of the book shifts from a stage-based model of helping skills to a more fluid, goal-based model (exploration, insight, and action), incorporating recent empirical evidence and extensive coverage of multiculturalism.
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Full Title
Helping Skills: Facilitating Exploration, Insight, and Action
Authors
Clara E. Hill, Harold Chui, and Judith A. Gerstenblith
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Publication Date
December 24, 2024
Print ISBN-13
978-1433840838
E-Text ISBN-13
978-1433840845
Print Length
473 pages
Where to Purchase
The book is available in both print and digital formats from several major retailers.
Merchant
Format
Amazon.com
Print, E-book
VitalSource
E-Textbook (rental options available)
American Psychological Association (APA)
Print, E-book
Rakuten
E-book
Valore
Rent
Reviews and Key Features
Reviewers and experts praise the book for its comprehensive and accessible approach, blending theory, research, and practical application.
- Integrative Model: It combines client-centered, psychodynamic, and behavioral orientations, focusing on the three goals of exploration, insight, and action.
- Practical Exercises: The text includes self-reflection exercises, updated case examples reflecting diversity, and role-play activities for hands-on learning.
- Empirical Basis: The authors integrate decades of psychotherapy research into understandable concepts and skills, making the content relevant and evidence-based for all levels of learners.
- Authoritative Source: Experts in the field, such as those from the American Psychological Association, describe it as an essential resource for budding counseling professionals.
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