Skills for Effective Counseling A Faith-Based Integration
Author(s):
Heather Davediuk Gingrich; Fred C. Gingrich; Elisabeth Nesbit Wagner
Publishing / Edition:
InterVarsity Press, 2026 (Second Edition)
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Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Microskills Approach
Skill: The Skill of Learning New Skills
Skill: Identifying Targeted Skill Areas
Chapter 2. The Person of the Counselor
Skill: Self-as-instrument
Target 1 - Establishing Relationship and Exploring
Chapter 3. What Do You Notice?
Skill: Perceiving
Chapter 4. Your Presence in the Room
Skill: Attending
Chapter 5. Identifying the Pieces of the Story
Skill: Reflecting Content
Chapter 6. Validating Emotion
Skill: Reflecting Feeling
Chapter 7. Connecting Empathically
Skill: Empathic Reflection
Chapter 8. E-Counseling and the Microskills
Skill: Adapting Microskills for Use in E-Counseling
Targets 2 and 3 - Deepening and Growing
Chapter 9. Zeroing In
Skill: Clarifying
Chapter 10. Connecting Deeply
Skill: Intuitive Empathy
Chapter 11. Expanding Therapeutic Options
Skill: Using Metaphors
Chapter 12. Reflecting Apparent Discrepancies
Skill: Confronting
Chapter 13. Using the Here and Now
Skill: Authenticity, Self-Disclosure, and Immediacy
Chapter 14. Strategies for Growth
Skill: Implementing Change
Chapter 15. Expanding the Counseling System
Skill: Thinking Systemically and Using the Relational System
Chapter 16. Appreciating the Sacred
Skill: Attuning to the Holy Spirit and Spiritual Themes
Target 4 - Consolidating and Ending
Chapter 17. Endings and New Beginnings
Skill: Consolidating and Ending
Postscript
Appendix A: Answers to Chapter Exercises
Appendix B: Additional Learning Activities
Appendix C: Sample Small Group Role-Play Exercise
Appendix D: The Relationship Between Psychology and Religion
References
General Index
Scripture Index