Counseling in Communication Disorders

<p>Incorporating a counseling paradigm has been shown to increase motivation deepen learning and sustain progress for clients and families. <b><i>Counseling in Communication Disorders: Facilitating the Therapeutic Relationship </i></b>by Cyndi Stein-Rubin and Beryl T. Adler is an engaging textbook written in a genuine and lively tone so that the reader may easily relate to the material. The text provides a practical vehicle for speech-language pathology students clinicians clinical supervisors and instructors to get to know themselves better and to integrate basic counseling attitudes and tools into their diagnostic and therapeutic programs. <br><br>Inside <b><i>Counseling in Communication Disorders</i></b> Stein-Rubin and Adler describe the importance of addressing a client’s communication challenges by working with the whole person as a human being not as a communication disorder. By approaching clients with a counseling attitude that encourages the client’s full participation in the treatment process we then work together in partnership and as a powerful team.<br><br> The content techniques and exercises within <b><i>Counseling in Communication Disorders</i></b> are rooted in evidence-based practice from a variety of psychological counseling and coaching approaches such as Humanistic Counseling Listening and Language Narrative Therapy The Cognitive Behavioral Model (CBT) Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) Positive Psychology Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) and Mindfulness training.<br><b><i>Counseling in Communication Disorders</i></b> also includes reflective questions exercises and suggestions to reinforce important concepts. To bring the content to life real-life and clinical scenarios are interspersed throughout the text.<br><br>It is well understood that speech-language pathology and audiology clinicians must understand deep listening and how to choose words that will have a positive impact on their client and families but often overlooked is the personal development of the clinicians themselves. <b><i>Counseling in Communication Disorders</i></b> is a comprehensive guide on how to provide the necessary support and encouragement to clients and build self-esteem while a major focus is the need for the clinicians to work on <i>self </i>before working on <i>other. </i><br><br><b><i>Counseling in Communication Disorders: Facilitating the Therapeutic Relationship </i></b>is the first textbook of its kind to comprehensively cover both sides of the therapeutic relationship. Students and clinicians alike will appreciate this unique approach that addresses not only the counseling attitude that is vital to the growth and progress of clients but also the self-awareness that guides the personal development of the clinician.<br><br>Included with the text are online supplemental materials for faculty use in the classroom.</p>