Main description:

The fifth edition of INTERVIEWING IN ACTION IN A MULTICULTURAL WORLD provides students with the clinical wisdom and hands-on practice to fully develop their clinical interviewing skills. Authors Bianca Cody Murphy and Carolyn Dillon have expanded many sections of the book with new material on technology, multiculturalism, and other timely topics. This up-to-date text also features new practice examples, essay questions, and self-exploration activities to prepare students for a variety of practice settings. It can be used as a guidebook for students who want to promote change through the client-clinician relationship. The book's integrated learning package features videos (introduced in the text and available through the CourseMate website) that present clips of real-life clinicians discussing key skills. The instructor's manual offers suggestions for classroom and homework activities that bring the materials to life. Praised nationwide by instructors in the helping profession, INTERVIEWING IN ACTION IN A MULTICULTURAL WORLD is a practical, accessible text that prepares students for careers in the human services field.

There are over 3 hours of video clips referred to in the text and viewable at the CourseMate website. These 53 video clips allow you to watch real-life clinicians implementing the skills discussed in the text. Students who purchase CourseMate for Interviewing in Action 5e also get access to an electronic version of the book that has the video clips imbedded in the text. Students can just log on at CengageBrain.com, read the ebook and watch the video clips interspersed throughout each chapter.

Contents:

1. Becoming a Professional.
2. The Clinical Relationship, Multicultural Practice, and Ethics.
3. Getting Started.
4. Attending and Listening.
5. Support and Empathy: A Sustaining Presence.
6. Exploration and Elaboration.
7. Assessment, Formulation, and Goal Setting.
8. Building Motivation, Formulating Plans, and Evaluating Change.
9. Helping Clients Feel and See Things Differently.
10. Helping Clients Do Things Differently.
11. Directly Addressing Issues and Dynamics in the Clinical Relationship.
12. Addressing Self-Disclosure and Other Boundary Issues.
13. Working with People in Crisis.
14. Endings and Transitions.
15. Self-Care, Supervision, and Professional Development.
Appendix 1: Multicultural Counseling Competencies.
Appendix 2: Clinician-Client Privacy Agreement.