Book description
Consultation interventions are an increasingly popular alternative to
clinical practice, allowing the practitioner to interact with and affect
many different individuals and organizations. This type of work
challenges mental health professionals, drawing on all the skills and
resources they may possess, yet also offers some of the greatest rewards
and opportunities for service.
Filled with numerous case examples and checklists, Consultation
Skills for Mental Health Professionals contains a wealth of
information on this important area of practice. It provides a
comprehensive source for working with a diverse clientele in a variety
of settings, discussing both traditional mental health consultation
models and the fast-growing field of organizational consulting.
The guide is divided into four parts:
- Individual-Level Consulting Issues takes up individual career
assessment and counseling, along with how organizational contexts
affect individual jobs; leadership, management, and supervision;
executive assessment, selection, interviewing, and development;
and executive coaching.
- Consulting to Small Systems discusses working with teams and
groups; planning and conducting training and teambuilding;
diversity in the workplace and in consultation.
- Consulting to Large Systems covers how to work with large
organizations, including organizational structure, terms, culture,
and concepts, as well as processes such as change and resistance;
how to assess organizations, and the characteristics of healthy
and dysfunctional workplaces; and issues involved in
organizational intervention.
- Special Consulting Topics include issues such as the practical
aspects of running a consulting practice; the skills required for
successful clinical consultation; consultation services for
special populations; and crisis consultation, including critical
incident stress management, psychological first aid, disaster
recovery, media communication, and school crisis
response.
RICHARD SEARS, PsyD, MBA, Wright State University
School of Professional Psychology, Dayton, Ohio.
JOHN RUDISILL, PhD, ABPP, Dean,Wright State University School
of Professional Psychology, Dayton, Ohio.
CARRIE MASON-SEARS, PhD, is a psychologist in private practice
and on staff at RHC-CITE Services, Cincinnati, Ohio.
