Main description:

Fully updated guide to proven, practical strategies for conducting effective interviews - including access code to online videos Clinical Interviewing is the essential guide to conducting initial interviews, suicide assessment, mental status examinations, and psychotherapy skill development. The Sixth Edition includes: * Updates focusing on latest trends in clinical interviewing research and practice * Updated information on technology-based interviewing * Access to over 70 videos that show the authors discussing and demonstrating crucial interviewing techniques * Online instructor s manual and resources to facilitate teaching * Fresh case examples to help apply interviewing skills and concepts * New coverage of special populations and multicultural considerations * Expanded skills coverage to help facilitate client insight and action This new edition also includes a unique Registration Code to access the Wiley Interactive E-Text (Powered by VitalSource), enhanced with dynamic content, including instructional videos and practice questions to further enrich student learning. It provides uninterrupted, mobile access anywhere, anytime.

Contents:

Preface About the Authors Part One: Foundations of Clinical Interviewing Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Clinical Interview Chapter Orientation Welcome to the Journey What is a Clinical Interview? Clinical Interviewing vs. Counseling and Psychotherapy A Learning Model for Clinical Interviewing Multicultural Competencies Multicultural Humility Summary Suggested Readings and Resources Chapter 2: Preparation Chapter Orientation The Physical Setting Professional and Ethical Issues Multicultural Preparation Stress Management and Self-Care Summary Suggested Readings and Resources Chapter 3: An Overview of the Interview Process Chapter Orientation Stages of a Clinical Interview The Introduction The Opening The Body The Closing Ending the Session (Termination) Summary Suggested Readings and Resources Part Two: Listening and Relationship Development Chapter 4: Nondirective Listening Skills Chapter Orientation Listening Skills Adopting a Therapeutic Attitude Why Nondirective Listening is also Directive The Listening Continuum in Three Parts Nondirective Listening Behaviors: Skills for Encouraging Client Talk Ethical and Multicultural Considerations Not Knowing What to Say Summary Suggested Readings and Resources Chapter 5: Directive Listening Skills Chapter Orientation Directive Listening Behaviors: Skills for Encouraging Insight Questions Ethical and Multicultural Considerations when Using Directive Listening Skills Summary Suggested Readings and Resources Chapter 6: Skills for Directing Clients toward Action Chapter Orientation Readiness to Change Skills for Encouraging Action Using Questions Using Educational and Directive Techniques Ethical and Multicultural Considerations when Encouraging Action Summary Suggested Readings and Resources Chapter 7: Evidence-Based Relationships Chapter Orientation The Great Psychotherapy Debate Carl Rogers s Core Conditions Other Evidence-Based Relationship Concepts The Working Alliance (aka The Therapeutic Relationship) Evidence-Based Multicultural Relationships Summary Suggested Readings and Resources Part Three: Structuring and Assessment Chapter 8: Intake Interviewing and Report Writing Chapter Orientation What s an Intake Interview? Identifying, Evaluating, and Exploring Client Problems and Goals Obtaining Background and Historical Information Assessment of Current Functioning Brief Intake Interviewing The Intake Report Dos and Don ts of Intake Interviews with Diverse Clients Summary Suggested Readings and Resources Chapter 9: The Mental Status Examination Chapter Orientation What Is a Mental Status Examination? Individual and Cultural Considerations The Generic Mental Status Examination When to Use Mental Status Examinations Summary Suggested Readings and Resources Chapter 10: Suicide Assessment Chapter Orientation Facing the Suicide Situation Suicide Risk Factors, Protective Factors, and Warning Signs Building a Theoretical and Research-Based Foundation Suicide Assessment Interviewing Suicide Interventions Ethical and Professional Issues Summary Suggested Readings and Resources Chapter 11: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Chapter Orientation Modern Diagnostic Classification Systems Defining Mental Disorders Diagnostic Interviewing The Science of Clinical Interviewing: Diagnostic Reliability and Validity Less Structured Diagnostic Clinical Interviews Treatment Planning Case Formulation and Treatment Planning: A Cognitive-Behavioral Example Additional Cultural Modifications and Adaptations Summary Suggested Readings and Resources Part Four: Special Populations and Situations Chapter 12: Challenging Clients and Demanding Situations Chapter Orientation Challenging Clients Motivational Interviewing and Other Strategies for Working Through Resistance Assessment and Prediction of Violence and Dangerousness Demanding Situations: Crisis and Trauma Cultural Competencies in Disaster Mental Health Summary Suggested Readings and Resources Chapter 13: Interviewing Young Clients Chapter Orientation Considerations in Working with Children and Adolescents The Introduction The Opening The Body of the Interview Closing and Termination Culture in Young Client Interviews Summary Suggested Readings and Resources Chapter 14: Interviewing Couples and Families Chapter Orientation Challenges and Ironies of Interviewing Couples and Families The Introduction The Opening The Body Closing and Termination Special Considerations Diversity Issues Summary Suggested Readings and Resources Chapter 15: Electronic and Telephonic Interviewing Chapter Orientation Technology as an Extension of the Self Definition of Terms and Communication Modalities NonFtF Assessment and Intervention Research Ethical and Practical Issues: Problems and Solutions Conducting Online or NonFtF Interviews Multicultural Issues: Culture and Online Culture Summary Suggested Online Training Resources Appendix: Extended Mental Status Examination Interview Protocol References Index