This fifth edition of the best selling Helping the Client presents six
different forms of helping behavior which can be adopted by any practitioner
working face-to-face with a client. Drawing on his many years of experience as
a therapist, consultant and teacher, John Heron introduces his well known and
widely used six category model. He explores the contexts and issues associated
with each different form of helping, and describes a wide range of practical
interventions for the practitioner to use. Revised and enlarged throughout,
with a new chapter on co-working, the book examines: the objectives of helping;
states of personhood; the many ways in which helping can degenerate; the
preparation and training of the practitioner; This indispensable book is
illustrated throughout with examples of how the interventions can be used by
different occupational groups. Helping the Client is the fifth edition of the
book originally entitled Six Category Intervention Analysis. Its fourth edition
(Sage, 1990, 0-8039-8291-7) sold over 12,000 copies.
