Clinical Interviewing

Name: Clinical Interviewing
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ISBN: 9781119981985

by John Sommers-Flanagan, Rita Sommers-Flanagan

7th Edition

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons P&T

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Print ISBN	9781119981985
eText ISBN	9781119981992
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons P&T
Publishing Year	2023
Edition	7th Edition
Language	English
Pages	688

Clinical Interviewing, 7th Edition, is a comprehensive textbook designed to prepare aspiring counselors, practicing counselors, psychotherapists, and mental health professionals for client interactions. Authors John Sommers-Flanagan and Rita Sommers-Flanagan structure the text to support practical skill development across intake, evaluation, and relationship building.

The volume organizes clinical competencies into three sequential structural parts. Part One presents foundations of clinical interviewing, covering initial preparation and the distinct stages of the interview process. Part Two addresses listening skills and relationship development, combining nondirective and directive listening techniques. Part Three examines clinical structuring and evaluation, focusing on intake interviewing, mental status examinations, and suicide assessment procedures.

To reinforce clinical training, the volume integrates complementary online videos that demonstrate essential interaction techniques across 72 specific learning objectives featuring diverse clinicians and clients. This practical framework provides systematic support for learners and active practitioners across counseling and psychotherapy disciplines.

Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Clinical Interview
- • Learning Objectives
- • Chapter Orientation
- • Welcome to the Journey
- • What Is a Clinical Interview?
- • Clinical Interviewing versus Counseling and Psychotherapy
- • Multicultural Competencies
- • Multicultural Humility
- • A Learning Model for Clinical Interviewing
- • Chapter Summary
Chapter 2: Preparation
- • Learning Objectives
- • Chapter Orientation
- • The Physical Setting
- • Professional and Ethical Issues
- • Multicultural Preparation
- • Stress Management and Self-Care
- • Chapter Summary
Chapter 3: An Overview of the Interview Process
- • Learning Objectives
- • Chapter Orientation
- • Stages of a Clinical Interview
- • The Introduction
- • The Opening
- • The Body
- • The Closing
- • Ending the Session (Termination)
- • Chapter Summary
Chapter 4: Nondirective Listening Skills
- • Learning Objectives
- • Chapter Orientation
- • Listening Skills
- • Adopting a Therapeutic Attitude
- • Why Nondirective Listening Is Also Directive
- • The Listening Continuum in Three Parts
- • Skills for Encouraging Client Talk
- • Ethical and Multicultural Considerations
- • Not Knowing What to Say
- • Chapter Summary
Chapter 5: Directive Listening Skills
- • Learning Objectives
- • Chapter Orientation
- • Skills for Encouraging Insight
- • Ethical and Multicultural Considerations
- • Chapter Summary
Chapter 6: Skills for Directing Clients Toward Action
- • Learning Objectives
- • Chapter Orientation
- • Readiness to Change
- • Skills for Encouraging Action
- • Using Educational and Directive Techniques
- • Ethical and Multicultural Considerations
- • Chapter Summary
Chapter 7: Evidence-Based Relationships
- • Learning Objectives
- • Chapter Orientation
- • The Great Psychotherapy Debate
- • The Core Conditions
- • Other Evidence-Based Relationship Factors
- • Evidence-Based Cross-Cultural Relationships
- • Chapter Summary
Chapter 8: Intake Interviewing and Report Writing
- • Learning Objectives
- • Chapter Orientation
- • What’s an Intake Interview?
- • Exploring Client Problems and Goals
- • Obtaining Background and Historical Information
- • Assessment of Current Functioning
- • Brief Intake Interviewing
- • The Intake Report
- • Do's and Don'ts of Intake Interviews with Diverse Clients
- • Chapter Summary
Chapter 9: The Mental Status Examination
- • Learning Objectives
- • Chapter Orientation
- • What Is a Mental Status Examination?
- • Individual and Cultural Considerations
- • The Psychiatric Mental Status Examination
- • When to Use Mental Status Examinations
- • Chapter Summary
Chapter 10: Suicide Assessment
- • Learning Objectives
- • Chapter Orientation
- • Facing the Suicide Situation
- • Suicide Risk Factors, Protective Factors, and Warning Signs
- • Building a Theoretical and Research-Based Foundation
- • Suicide Assessment Interviewing
- • Suicide Interventions
- • Final Ethical and Professional Issues
- • Chapter Summary
Chapter 11: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
- • Learning Objectives
- • Chapter Orientation
- • Modern Diagnostic Classification Systems
- • Defining Mental Disorders
- • Diagnostic Interviewing
- • The Science of Clinical Interviewing
- • Less Structured Diagnostic Clinical Interviews
- • Case Formulation and Treatment Planning
- • Extended Case Example
- • Additional Cultural Modifications and Adaptations
- • Chapter Summary
Chapter 12: Challenging Client Behaviors and Demanding Situations
- • Learning Objectives
- • Chapter Orientation
- • Challenging Clients
- • Motivational Interviewing and Other Strategies
- • Violence Risk Assessment (VRA) and Prediction
- • Demanding Situations: Crisis and Trauma
- • Cultural Competencies in Disaster Mental Health
- • Chapter Summary
Chapter 13: Interviewing Young Clients
- • Learning Objectives
- • Chapter Orientation
- • Considerations in Working With Young Clients
- • The Introduction
- • The Opening
- • The Body of the Interview
- • Closing and Termination
- • Culture in Young Client Interviews
- • Chapter Summary
Chapter 14: Online and Distance Clinical Interviewing
- • Learning Objectives
- • Chapter Orientation
- • Technology as an Extension of the Self
- • Definition of Terms and Communication Modalities
- • Distance and Online Assessment and Intervention Research
- • Ethical and Practical Issues: Problems and Solutions
- • Conducting Online or Distance Interviews
- • Culture and Online Culture
- • Chapter Summary