Now in its tenth edition Egan's The Skilled Helper" has taught thousands of students a proven step-by-step counseling process that teaches them how to become more confident & competent helpers. Internationally recognized for its successful problem-management & opportunity development approach to effective helping the text emphasizes the collaborative nature of the therapist-client relationship & uses a practical three-stage model that drives client problem-managing & opportunity-developing action. As they read students also gain a feeling for the complexity inherent in any helping relationship. In this tenth edition Egan now makes use of his version of the "common factors" approach which gives new meaning & vitality to the book's themes as well as to the use of the problem-management model to organize & give coherence to those themes."