{"product_id":"consultation-skills-for-mental-health-professionals-isbn-9780471705109","title":"Consultation Skills for Mental Health Professionals","description":"Consultation interventions are an increasingly popular alternative to clinical practice, allowing the practitioner to interact with and affect many different individuals and organizations. This type of work challenges mental health professionals, drawing on all the skills and resources they may possess, yet also offers some of the greatest rewards and opportunities for service.  \u003cp\u003eFilled with numerous case examples and checklists, \u003ci\u003eConsultation Skills for Mental Health Professionals\u003c\/i\u003e contains a wealth of information on this important area of practice. It provides a comprehensive source for working with a diverse clientele in a variety of settings, discussing both traditional mental health consultation models and the fast-growing field of organizational consulting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe guide is divided into four parts:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIndividual-Level Consulting Issues takes up individual career assessment and counseling, along with how organizational contexts affect individual jobs; leadership, management, and supervision; executive assessment, selection, interviewing, and development; and executive coaching.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsulting to Small Systems discusses working with teams and groups; planning and conducting training and teambuilding; diversity in the workplace and in consultation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsulting to Large Systems covers how to work with large organizations, including organizational structure, terms, culture, and concepts, as well as processes such as change and resistance; how to assess organizations, and the characteristics of healthy and dysfunctional workplaces; and issues involved in organizational intervention.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpecial Consulting Topics include issues such as the practical aspects of running a consulting practice; the skills required for successful clinical consultation; consultation services for special populations; and crisis consultation, including critical incident stress management, psychological first aid, disaster recovery, media communication, and school crisis response.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Individual-Level Consulting Issues 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Clinical Career Assessment and Counseling 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Organizational Context 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Leadership, Management, and Supervision 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Executive Assessment, Selection, Interviewing, and Development 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Executive Coaching and Performance Enhancement 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Consulting to Small Systems 221\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Working with Teams and Groups 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Training and Team Building 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Diversity Issues in Consultation 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Consulting to Large Systems 299\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 The Nature of Organizations 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Assessment of Organizations 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Organizational Intervention 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: Special Topics 353\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Practice Management 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Clinical Consultation 386\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 Consultation Services for Special Populations 413\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 Crisis Consultation 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 469\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditional Reference Sources 497\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 499\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Index 515\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 527\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 533\u003c\/p\u003e \"It is hard to imagine a more complete introduction to the field of consulting.\" (\u003ci\u003ePsycCRITIQUES\u003c\/i\u003e, 6\/28\/2006)  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRICHARD SEARS, Ps\u003csmall\u003eY\u003c\/small\u003eD, MBA,\u003c\/b\u003e Wright State University School of Professional Psychology, Dayton, Ohio. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN RUDISILL, P\u003csmall\u003eH\u003c\/small\u003eD, ABPP,\u003c\/b\u003e Dean,Wright State University School of Professional Psychology, Dayton, Ohio. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCARRIE MASON-SEARS, P\u003csmall\u003eH\u003c\/small\u003eD,\u003c\/b\u003e is a psychologist in private practice and on staff at RHC-CITE Services, Cincinnati, Ohio.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eConsultation Skills for Mental Health Professionals\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent introduction to a wide array of topics involving consultation. This practical, 'how to' guidebook is extensive in its coverage and a great place to get started. . . . Professionals who are looking to start consulting roles should buy it, read it, and regularly consult it.\" \u003cb\u003e—Rodney L. Lowman, PhD, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Alliant International University; Past President, Society of Consulting Psychology\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eConsultation Skills for Mental Health Professionals\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for any clinician who is considering consultation. Comprehensive and well-written, this is a book that I will strongly recommend to my career-coaching clients and all my colleagues.\" \u003cb\u003e—Larina Kase, PsyD, MBA, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Successful Therapist: Your Guide to Building the Career You've Always Wanted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsultation interventions are an increasingly popular alternative to clinical practice, allowing the practitioner to interact with and affect many different individuals and organizations. This type of work challenges mental health professionals, drawing on all the skills and resources they may possess, yet also offers some of the greatest rewards and opportunities for service. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with numerous case examples and checklists, \u003ci\u003eConsultation Skills for Mental Health Professionals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e contains a wealth of information on this important area of practice. 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