Counseling Skills for Teachers

Jeffrey A. Kottler is one of the most prolific authors in the fields of counseling, psychotherapy, and education, having written more than 90 books about a wide range of subjects. He has authored a dozen texts for counselors and therapists that are used in universities around the world and a dozen books each for practicing therapists and educators. Some of his most highly regarded works include Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy, The Mummy at the Dining Room Table: Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases and What They Teach Us About Human Behavior, Bad Therapy, The Client Who Changed Me, Divine Madness, Change: What Leads to Personal Transformation, Stories We’ve Heard, Stories We’ve Told: Life-Changing Narratives in Therapy and Everyday Life, and Therapy Over 50. He has been an educator for 40 years, having worked as a teacher, counselor, and therapist in preschool, middle school, mental health center, crisis center, nongovernmental organization, university, community college, private practice, and disaster relief settings. He has served as a Fulbright scholar and senior lecturer in Peru and Iceland, as well as worked as a visiting professor in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Nepal. He is professor of counseling at California State University, Fullerton.Ellen Kottler, Ed.S., has been a teacher for over 30 years in public and private schools, alternative schools, adult education programs, and universities. She has worked in inner-city schools as well as in suburban and rural set­tings. She was a curriculum specialist in charge of secondary social studies and law-related education for one of the country’s largest school districts. Ellen is the author or coauthor of several books for educators, including Secrets for Secondary School Teachers: How to Succeed in Your First Year, On Being a Teacher, Secrets for Beginning Elementary School Teachers, Counseling Skills for Teachers, English Language Learners in Your Classroom: Strategies That Work, Secrets to Success for Science Teachers, and Students Who Drive You Crazy: Succeeding with Resistant, Unmotivated, and Otherwise Difficult Young People.She teaches secondary education and supervises intern teachers at California State University, Fullerton.

• PrefaceAbout the Authors1. Adjusting to Multiple RolesA Skilled HelperCounseling Skills for TeachersLife Inside the ClassroomA Day in the LifeSuggested ActivitiesSuggested Reading2. Understanding the Process of HelpingSome Suggestions for Learning Counseling SkillsHelping AttitudesAn Integrative Approach to CounselingA Review of the Counseling ProcessThe Link Between the Counseling Process and Helping SkillsSuggested ActivitiesSuggested Reading3. Assessing Children′s ProblemsNoticing Symptoms of DistressStress in the Lives of ChildrenThe Assessment ProcessCollecting Additional InformationWhat to Do With the AssessmentSuggested ActivitiesSuggested Reading4. Developing Skills of HelpingInternal State of MindAttendingListeningEmpathic ResonanceExploration SkillsAction SkillsSuggested ActivitiesSuggested Reading5. Counseling Skills in the ClassroomDeveloping Communities of Respect and ToleranceHelping Strategies in GroupsDifferences Between Process and Classroom GroupsAdvantages and Disadvantages of Process GroupsWhen to Intervene in GroupsVarieties of Group ProcessGetting Support for YourselfResponding to Critical Incidents in the ClassroomSuggested ActivitiesSuggested Reading6. Communicating With ParentsWhen the Child Saves the ParentsOpen HousePhoning HomeElectronic CommunicationParent-Teacher ConferencesDirecting a Constructive ConferenceWhen Things Don′t Go as PlannedMulticultural PerspectivesSuggested ActivitiesSuggested Reading7. Consulting Effectively With Other ProfessionalsConsulting With a MentorConsulting With Other TeachersConsulting With the PrincipalMaking a ReferralConsulting With CounselorsSeeing a Counselor as Your Personal ConsultantConsulting With the School PsychologistConsulting With Homeless Education Community LiaisonsConsulting With Faculty at the Local UniversityThe Teacher′s Role in Individualized Education ProgramsTeachers Are Not CounselorsSuggested ActivitiesSuggested Reading8. Counseling YourselfStudents Who Change YouSelf-TalkSelf-Care Issues for TeachersIndex

“Relationship building is key to the successful mentoring and teaching of the youth of today. Teachers’ roles extend far beyond the dissemination of content and information to students. This book is an indispensable reference for both students in teacher education programs and experienced classroom teachers.”