"Skills and Strategies for the Helping Professions" is both easy to read and extremely comprehensive. The authors take an in-depth approach to skill development and provide a complete and through guide for beginning counselors. This text is practical in nature and gives the most up-to-date techniques to use in clinical situations. The text leads students step-by-step in developing helping skills. This is a great text for beginning professionals and the introductory course in counseling, social work, psychology, or any other human service field. This work: shows characteristics of good helping relationships; details verbal and nonverbal skills; includes evaluation and ethics; explains helping theories and research; and explores client concerns in detail.