Communication and Interviewing Skills for Practice in Social Work, Counselling and the Health Professions

This book supports and develops the communication and interviewing skills of professional practitioners and student practitioners in social work, counselling, and the health professions.

Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introducing Communication and Interviewing Skills; Chapter 2: The Person; Chapter 3: The Professional Practitioner; Chapter 4: Different Communication Approaches as Essential Tools of Practice; Chapter 5: Interviewing Skills; Chapter 6: A Conceptual Basis for Communicating and Interviewing in Different Practice Situations; Chapter 7: Information Giving as a Form of Communication; Chapter 8: Ethical Concerns for Communication and Interviewing; Chapter 9: Communication and Interviewing in Different Organisational Contexts; Chapter 10: Communicating with Technology, Computers, and Artificial Intelligence; Chapter 11: Communication in Different Practice Situations, Including People in Crisis, or with Mental Illness, Autism, Diabetes, Addictions, or Obesity; Chapter 12: Communicating in Situations of Loss; Chapter 13: Domestic Violence and Communication; Chapter 14: Communicating with Life Stories and Biographical approaches; Chapter 15: Communicating with Older People; Chapter 16: Communicating with People with Physical impairments, Learning Difficulties, and/or Anxiety and Depression; Chapter 17: Communicating with Children and Young People; Chapter 18: Professional Development to Improve Communication and Interviewing Skills; Chapter 19: Summarising the Book's Content and Themes; Index