Edward E. Jacobs

This is a super quick read, that is full of different techniques that can be applied to individual, group or family/marriage counesling. Overall, it has a great use of metaphors and analogies to help clients discover things about themselves, or make abstract concepts more concrete.

It's a good read, well worth it for soon to be counselors like myself.

I found it interesting that some of the activities reminded me a lot of teaching...?

This book provides a great overview of Jacobs' Impact Therapy...which is really RCFF--rapport, contract, focus, funnel. This is a great structure for any counseling session of any length, and really challenges the counselor to push for making the most out of any session. Also included is a great overview of other theories (and how they relate to impact therapy) like transactional analysis, gestalt, re[b]t.

This is a super quick read, that is full of different techniques that can be applied to individual, group or family/marriage counesling. Overall, it has a great use of metaphors and analogies to help clients discover things about themselves, or make abstract concepts more concrete.

It's a good read, well worth it for soon to be counselors like myself.

I found it interesting that some of the activities reminded me a lot of teaching...?

This book provides a great overview of Jacobs' Impact Therapy...which is really RCFF--rapport, contract, focus, funnel. This is a great structure for any counseling session of any length, and really challenges the counselor to push for making the most out of any session. Also included is a great overview of other theories (and how they relate to impact therapy) like transactional analysis, gestalt, re[b]t.