Intentional Interviewing and Counseling: Facilitating Client Development in a Multicultural Society (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac 1/2 1-Semester, Helping Professions Learning Center Printed Access Card) - Softcover

Allen E. Ivey is Distinguished University Professor (emeritus) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Courtesy Professor of Counseling at the University of South Florida, Tampa. He is president of Microtraining Associates, an educational publishing firm. A diplomate in counseling psychology, Dr. Ivey was honored as a Multicultural Elder at the National Multicultural Conference and Summit. He has written more than 40 books and 200 articles and chapters, translated into 25 languages. Dr. Ivey's undergraduate work was in psychology at Stanford University, followed by a Fulbright Grant to study social work at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His doctorate is from Harvard University. He is the originator of the Microskills approach, basic to this book.

"A well researched and well written introduction to counseling skills and to multicultural counseling. I very much like the Microskills approach and think it may be the most effective framework to teach peer counselors. I teach on a diverse campus and the book's emphasis on diversity is very powerful."

"I find this revised book exceptional...It is the first book on counseling techniques that I have read that truly integrates multiculturalism into the basic counseling skills learning process...I believe this book has multiple uses as a basic counseling skills book as well as an excellent multicultural text book. I plan to adopt this book as soon as it is made available to me. I commend the authors for their dedication to making teaching counseling techniques exciting for me again."

"I found each chapter to be excellent, much improved over prior editions. Key strengths: multicultural infusion, addresses spirituality, accessible, utilizes strength-based approach, allows students to contemplate their own ideas about helping and integrate them with theories, lots of case examples, useful exercises...I would use this text because it provides concrete examples of how to help effectively and takes into consideration cultural factors, because it comes with a CDROM, because it encourages students to develop their own styles."