Counseling on Personal Decisions: Theory and Research on Short-Term Helping Relationships

by Irving L. Janis

Book Overview

This book is designed to assist counselors to be more effective in their relationship with clients who seek help in choosing and adhering to a difficult course of action. It presents a thoughtful theoretical analysis of the conditions that lead to successful short term counseling and then tests these hypotheses through a series of controlled field experiments carried out in a variety of counseling situations.

In his initial chapters, Irving...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300105495
• ISBN13: 9780300105490
• Release Date: December 1981
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"