1. Developing Observational Skill -- 2. Essential Evaluations and Assessments -- 3. First Session: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning -- 4. Establishing Rapport -- 5. Therapeutic Interviewing -- 6. Managing Emergencies and Crisis -- 7. Practical Predicaments and Ethical Dilemmas: What to Do When ... -- 8. Using Yourself: A Therapeutic Challenge -- 9. Making the Most of Supervision: Dual Perspectives
Summary
Building Basic Therapeutic Skills is an essential handbook that provides the nuts-and-bolts guidelines for clinical practice and basic skills all therapists must master if they are to become effective clinicians
