Essential Interviewing: A Programmed Approach to Effective Communication (with InfoTrac) (Counseling)

"There are several key strengths to this text. The inductive approach to learning how to conduct an interview is the primary strength that I see. I find that it both engages the student in the learning process and produces good results…I want to thank the authors for their text and to commend them on providing both an excellent and unique text to the field of teaching helping skills."

"Essential Interviewing is far more complete on the process of counseling." "I like the new material in the information-giving chapter on reframing. It is well done and needed....I like this text and find it very useful for the undergraduate course that I teach..."

David R. Evans is professor emeritus at the University of Western Ontario, where he was a member of the Clinical Psychology Program for 30 years. He has been a consultant to numerous agencies, including hospitals, adolescent facilities, addictions facilities, and police services. He holds a Ph.D. in applied psychology from the University of Toronto. He has twice been a visiting scholar at Wolfson College, Cambridge. He is a past president of the Canadian Psychological Association and the Ontario Psychological Association. He also has been a member of the Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association and a representative to the International Union of Psychological Science. He is the author of numerous books, chapters, journal articles, tests and papers.