Authors: Richard K. James
ISBN-13: 9780495100263, ISBN-10: 0495100269
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Date Published: July 2007
Edition: 6th Edition
Richard "Dick" James is a Crader Professor of Counseling at the University of Memphis. He is a licensed psychologist and licensed professional counselor. He also is a Nationally Certified School Counselor. He is currently coordinator of psychological assessment at the University of Memphis Center for Rehabilitation and teaches graduate classes in crisis intervention, theories of counseling, and school counseling at the University of Memphis. He trains police officers for crisis intervention with the mentall
Best-selling author Richard K. James presents the latest skills and techniques for handling real crisis situations. Authoritative and based on the author's extensive experience teaching crisis intervention courses, the new edition presents a six-step model for dealing with people in crisis: Defining the Problem, Ensuring Client Safety, Providing Support, Examining Alternatives, Making Plans, and Obtaining Commitment. Using this model, the author then builds specific strategies for handling a myriad of different crisis situations - in many cases providing the dialogue that you might use as a nurse, minister, police officer, counselor, or other practitioner. At the end of this course, you will have developed skills and strategies that you can take out of the classroom and onto the street.
Pt. 1 | Crisis intervention theory and application | 1 |
Ch. 1 | Approaching crisis intervention | 3 |
Ch. 2 | Basic crisis intervention skills | 19 |
Ch. 3 | Crisis case handling | 52 |
Pt. 2 | Handling specific crises : going into the trenches | 89 |
Ch. 4 | Posttraumatic stress disorder | 91 |
Ch. 5 | Crisis of lethality | 145 |
Ch. 6 | Sexual assault | 176 |
Ch. 7 | Partner violence | 219 |
Ch. 8 | Chemical dependency : the crisis of addiction | 270 |
Ch. 9 | Personal loss : bereavement and grief | 325 |
Pt. 3 | Crisis in the human services workplace | 367 |
Ch. 10 | Violent behavior in institutions | 369 |
Ch. 11 | Crises in schools | 402 |
Ch. 12 | Crisis/hostage negotiation | 450 |
Ch. 13 | Human services workers in crisis : burnout, vicarious traumatization, and compassion fatigue | 479 |
Pt. 4 | New directions | 513 |
Ch. 14 | Ecosystemic crisis intervention and the multicultural imperative | 515 |
Ch. 15 | Off the couch and into the streets | 553 |