Between Friends
Subtitle: A Guide to Helping a Friend...& Expanding Self-Awareness
Publisher: YOU & ME Publications
Published: September 1990
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780962501012
Subjects: General; Psychology
First sentence: Life, with all its beauty, has its share of agony as well. Its sorrows, disappointments, disillusions, breakdowns and mournings.
     Often, when these confront us, we tend to feel lonely, depressed and isolated. At times, regardless of the other five billion people who live on this planet, we are all alone with our difficulties and problems. We feel as if there is nobody there to help us, to support and encourage, to care and understand.
    Not even a soul.
    Some among us resolve to seek counseling and therapy. Others pour their hearts into their diaries. Yet some of us search among our friends for someone to confide in.
Description: * Do you care about your friends who go through crises?
* Can you understand what they go through?
* Are you interested in helping them?
* Do you know how you can help?
* Would you like to improve your helping skills?
* Do you want to increase your self-awareness?
Notes: Doron Gil, Ph.D., has an extensive professional career in universities, medical schools and mental health services in both the USA and Israel. Dr. Gil’s many areas of experience involve counselling, teaching, research, program-design, staff-development and consultations. Throughout his career Dr. Gil helped clinicians, teachers, students and individuals alike to develop self-awareness and improve their helping skills.
Table of contents: pagenum: vii
class: section
label: EXERCISES; pagenum: vii
class: part
label: REFLECTION; pagenum: viii
class: part
label: INTRODUCTION; pagenum: 1
title: WHAT IS HELP
class: part
label: PART ONE; pagenum: 3
label: 1
class: part
title: Help and Friendship; pagenum: 21
label: 2
class: part
title: Who Needs Help; pagenum: 27
title: You Can Help
class: part
label: 3; pagenum: 45
label: PART TWO
class: part
title: HELPING QUALITIES; pagenum: 47
label: 4
class: part
title: Empathy; pagenum: 59
label: 5
class: part
title: Caring; pagenum: 67
title: Acceptance
class: part
label: 6; pagenum: 71
title: Honesty
class: part
label: 7; pagenum: 79
title: HELPING SKILLS
class: part
label: PART THREE; pagenum: 81
label: 8
class: part
title: Active Listening; pagenum: 97
title: Eye Contact
class: part
label: 9; pagenum: 103
label: 10
class: part
title: Questioning; pagenum: 113
title: Feedback
class: part
label: 11; pagenum: 125
title: HELPING, JOY AND RESPONSIBILITY
class: part
label: PART FOUR; pagenum: 127
title: Helping Your Friend/Helping Yourself
class: part
label: 12; pagenum: 133
title: The Joy of Helping
class: part
label: 13; pagenum: 137
label: 14
class: part
title: Short and Long Term Help; pagenum: 145
title: Responsibility
class: part
label: 15; pagenum: 155
title: YOUR FRIEND'S WILLINGNESS TO RECEIVE HELP
class: part
label: PART FIVE; pagenum: 157
label: 16
class: part
title: Fears about Receiving Help; pagenum: 165
title: Stages in One's Acceptance of Help
class: part
label: 17; pagenum: 171
title: Your Friend's Perceptions of Your Ability to Help
class: part
label: 18; pagenum: 181
title: WHAT TO EXPECT, WHAT TO AVOID
class: part
label: PART SIX; pagenum: 183
label: 19
class: part
title: Expectations; pagenum: 193
label: 20
class: part
title: Roadblocks to Helping; pagenum: 201
class: part
label: EPILOGUE; pagenum: 203
class: part
label: BIBLIOGRAPHY