Essentials of Intentional Interviewing: Counseling in a Multicultural World

Allen Ivey, Mary Ivey

Cengage Learning, Feb 27, 2007 - Psychology - 352 pages

ESSENTIALS OF INTENTIONAL INTERVIEWING offers you and your students a shorter, more incisive version of the Iveys’ best-selling INTENTIONAL INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELING-one in which every sentence and concept has undergone a thorough review to ensure both relevance and clarity for beginning helpers. This text is designed to be accessible to every student of the helping professions, with an active voice, a modular style that allows more flexibility, and a multicultural focus that reflects the diverse nature not only of your classroom, but of society today. And perhaps most importantly, the authors have retained their renowned Microskills model of teaching students vital interviewing skills step-by-step. Offer your students a text that truly meets their needs, with ESSENTIALS OF INTENTIONAL INTERVIEWING.
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About the author

Allen E. Ivey is Distinguished University Professor (emeritus) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. A Diplomate in counseling psychology, Dr. Ivey is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, American Counseling Association, and Asian-American Psychological Association. His work in diversity led him to be 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 20 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.

Mary Bradford Ivey is Senior Consultant at Microtraining/Alexander Street Press and a former Vice President of Microtraining Associates. She has served as visiting professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; the University of Hawai'i, Manoa; and Flinders University, South Australia. She is a retired elementary counselor and a former Stress Management counselor at Amherst College. Her comprehensive elementary program was named one of the top ten in the nation at the Christa McAuliffe Conference. Dr. Ivey earned a master's degree in counseling from the University of Wisconsin, and a doctorate in organizational development at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is the author or co-author of twenty books (translated into multiple languages), as well as several articles and chapters. A Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), she has presented workshops and keynote lectures with Dr. Allen Ivey throughout the world. She is also known for her work in promoting and explaining development guidance and counseling in the United States and abroad. She is one of the first fifteen honored Fellows of the American Counseling Association and is also a recipient of the American Counseling Association's Ohana Award for her work in multicultural counseling.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Essentials of Intentional Interviewing: Counseling in a Multicultural World; Available Titles CengageNOW Series
• Authors: Allen Ivey, Mary Ivey
• Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2007
• ISBN: 0495097241, 9780495097242
• Length: 352 pages
• Subjects: Education / Counseling / General; Psychology / Applied Psychology; Psychology / Psychotherapy / Counseling; Psychology / Social Psychology