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PublisherDavis Company, F. A.

ISBN-100803613652

ISBN-139780803613652

eBay Product ID (ePID)60332077

Product Key Features

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameIntentional Relationship : Occupational Therapy and Use of Self

Publication Year2008

SubjectAllied Health Services / Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Services / General, General

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPsychology, Medical

AuthorRenee R. Taylor, RenÈE Taylor

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight20.9 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width7.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2007-040663

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

eBook FormatUnspecified

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal615.8515

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Table Of ContentUnit 1. Theoretical Foundations and Guidelines for Practice 1. The Changing Landscape of Therapeutic Use of Self in Occupational Therapy: An Historical Overview 2. What Defines a Good Therapist? 3. A Model of the Intentional Relationship 4. Knowing Ourselves as Therapists: Introducing the Therapeutic Modes 5. Knowing Our Clients: Understanding Interpersonal Characteristics 6. Challenges to Client-Therapist Relationships: The Inevitable Interpersonal Events of Therapy 7. Navigating the Challenges: Therapeutic Responding and Interpersonal Reasoning Unit 2. Building an Interpersonal Skill Base 1. Therapeutic Communication 2. Establishing Relationships 3. Interviewing Skills and Strategic Questioning 4. Understanding Families, Social Systems and Group Dynamics in Occupational Therapy 5. Understanding and Managing Difficult Behavior 6. Resolving Empathic Breaks and Conflicts 7. Professional Behavior, Values and Ethics 8. Working Effectively with Supervisors, Employers, and Other Professionals 9. On Becoming a Better Therapist: Self-Care and Developing Your Therapeutic Use of Self Glossary

SynopsisIntroduces a new conceptual practice model that defines the communication skills, values, reasoning processes, and interpersonal behaviors required to form a unique and effective relationship between client and therapist. Identifies six easy-to-apply modes of communication --Advocating - Collaborating - Empathizing - Encouraging - Instructing - Problem solving. Highlights intentional relationship models through case studies. Uses self-reflection exercises and assessments to allow readers to test their knowledge and reflect upon chapter content as it relates directly to clinical practice experience., "Right on target. Innovative, nothing comes near it in occupational therapy. A sophisticated meld of occupational therapy and psychology. It is very innovative for occupational therapy and other fields. I am thoroughly impressed." "I have found no occupational therapy book more interesting to me than this one. I always have to go outside of the field to find such rich and interesting material." --Sharan Schwartzberg, EdD, OTR, FAOTA, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts This groundbreaking new book addresses a critical aspect of the occupational therapy practice--the art and science of building effective, fulfilling relationships with clients. A distinguished clinician and educator, Renee Taylor, PhD, uses a new conceptual practice model, the Intentional Relationship Model, to define how the client and the therapist each contribute to the unique interpersonal dynamic that becomes the therapeutic relationship. She emphasizes how therapists must act deliberately, thoughtfully, and with vigilant anticipation of the challenges and breakthroughs that have the potential to influence the course of the relationship. Actual case examples from 12 exceptional clinicians from around the world illustrate how this model is used to address many of the challenging interpersonal situations that commonly occur in therapy. And, guided exercises and assignments help readers master the skills they need and apply them to a wide range of clinical situations and presenting problems., This groundbreaking new book addresses a critical aspect of the occupational therapy practice--the art and science of building effective, fulfilling relationships with clients. A distinguished clinician and educator, Renee Taylor, PhD, uses a new concpetual pracetice model, the "Intentional Relationship," to define how the client and the therapist each contribute to the unique interpersonal dynamic that becomes the therapeutic relationship. She emphasizes how therapists must act deliberately, thoughtfully, and with vigilant anticipation of the challenges and breakthroughs that have the potential to influence the course of the relationship.

LC Classification NumberRM735.T326 2008