Becoming a Helper - Tapa blanda

"This book stands head and shoulders above the text that was used in my Introduction to Human Services course. The Coreys deliver a comprehensive and holistic overview of what it means to be a member of the helping professions today. What's more, they do so with a style that is at once personal and authoritative. Overall, I would recommend this text to anybody teaching an Introduction to Human Services or Practicum course. I certainly wish that my instructors had adopted this book. I feel that had they done so I would have been better prepared for many of the difficult situations I have experienced as a newly fledged member of the helping professions."

Ideal for anyone embarking on or considering a career in human services, counseling, psychology, social work, or any of the other helping professions, this book provides an overview of the stages of the helping process, as well as the skills and knowledge required to be a successful helping professional. Drawing on their years of experience, the Coreys focus on the struggles, anxieties, and uncertainties one encounters on the road to becoming an effective helper. The book emphasizes self-reflection on a number of professional issues and challenges the reader to examine their motives for choosing a helping career, and takes a candid look at the demands and strains they'll face in the helping professions.