Overview

Anyone in a helping profession―including professional counselors, spiritual directors, pastoral counselors, chaplains, and lay leaders―needs to develop effective communication skills. But learning these skills is like learning a new language: it takes time and practice to communicate effectively, and lack of practice can lead to declining fluency in this new language. For both beginning students and seasoned practitioners, Skills for Effective Counseling provides a biblically integrated approach to foundational counseling skills. It trains the listener to use crucial microskills such as perceiving, attending, empathic connection, and authenticity. Chapters include textbook features such as sample session dialogues, role plays, and a variety of exercises that will engage different learning styles. This revised edition of Skills for Effective Counseling has been updated throughout to incorporate recent research and be even more useful for the classroom. This second edition includes a new chapter on video/online counseling, discussion of new approaches to biblical and theological integration, and expanded instructor resources.

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""The second edition of this very helpful and much-needed book for the effective training of Christian professional and lay counselors is now even better, including e-counseling. Highly recommended!"" -- ""Siang-Yang Tan, senior professor of clinical psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary and author of Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective""

Author Information

Fred C. Gingrich was professor of counseling at Denver Seminary for sixteen years. He previously taught in Ontario for eight years and directed MA and EdD degrees in counseling at seminaries in the Philippines. He retired as developer and director of the MA in marriage and family therapy program at the Toccoa Falls College School of Graduate Studies. He is coeditor of Treating Trauma in Christian Counseling. Elisabeth Nesbit Wagner is a licensed professional counselor with over twenty years of clinical experience. She served on the faculty of Denver Seminary for ten years and currently works as the director of member care for a missionary organization based in Denver. She speaks and consults nationally on various topics related to generational culture in business and ministry, identity, faith, and career development. She is the coauthor of Effective Generational Ministry. Heather Davediuk Gingrich taught at Denver Seminary for seventeen years, taught in the Philippines for eight years, and before that counseled and taught in Canada. She currently directs the graduate certificate of trauma therapy program and the MA in counseling ministries program at Toccoa Falls College and offers consultation to counselors treating complex trauma. She is the author of Restoring the Shattered Self and Shattered No More and coeditor of Treating Trauma in Christian Counseling. Nan McNamara is an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator and garnered the ""Best Audiobook of 2016"" distinction for her narration of Mister Monkey by Francine Prose. Her twenty-plus years as a professional actress on stage, television, and film translate into audiobook storytelling that AudioFile magazine calls ""richly observed,"" ""heartbreaking,"" and empowers her to ""smoothly shift to whatever character, time, or emotion she is portraying."" Nan has narrated nearly 100 titles in numerous genres. She is also the recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award, LA Weekly Award, StageRaw Award, Robby Award, and Scenie Award for her numerous stage performances (including Wit, for which she shaved her head) and has recorded hundreds of voice-overs for radio/TV, video games, and promos. Nan's film/television work includes portraying powerhouse attorney Bonnie Pearl on Major Crimes, a recurring stint on Switched at Birth as Brenda Powers, having fun with Emmy winner Tony Hale in Not That Funny, being killed by Jamie Kennedy in the opening of Foreclosed with Marlee Matlin and Paul Sorvino, and being reunited with her two kidnapped children on Criminal Minds. Originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, Nan received her bachelor's degree in theater (cum laude). Ever the optimist, one of her lifelong dreams is for the Minnesota Vikings to reach the Super Bowl.

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