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Crisis Intervention, Individual and Group Counseling, and the Psychology of the Counseling Staff in a Free Clinic
Author(s) -
Freudenberger Herbert J.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1974.tb00696.x
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , psychology , group counseling , crisis intervention , strengths and weaknesses , work (physics) , dependency (uml) , task (project management) , counselor education , applied psychology , medical education , counseling psychology , psychotherapist , social psychology , clinical psychology , higher education , medicine , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , management , systems engineering , political science , law , engineering , economics
In terms of personal qualities, a competent free clinic counselor ought to be able to manifest a degree of warmth and humor, feel comfortable with people, and have a facility and liking for people. The chapter also discusses techniques of staff training, the need for common objectives, the use of role playing, films, tapes, and video‐tape equipment, the possibility of using two‐counselor teams both for training and for the possibility of one's substituting for the other in case of absence. Techniques and “how to” in terms of crisis counseling for individual and group work are presented. The crisis intervention approach is demonstrated, as well as means of assessing strengths and weaknesses in those who seek help. Issues of the dynamics of the counseling staff are discussed, the subtle dependency relationships that are established, the problems of transference and mutual need that may be acted upon through counseling. Finally, the author presents the issues of community education and prevention work, as part of a counselor's task.