Dept./Indv Video Interviewing in Action

Clinical wisdom, hands-on practice, and practical suggestions gleaned from work "in the trenches" are all provided in this flexible learning package that combines the immediacy and realism of video with the pedagogical effectiveness of a carefully-structured text. Professors can choose to use the text alone, use the video alone, or use the two together.In this one-of-a-kind learning package, Bianca Cody Murphy, a counseling psychologist, and Carolyn Dillon, a social worker, draw on their years as teachers, supervisors, and clinicians to provide today's students with an integrated learning tool unparalleled in the field. The authors not only lead students step by step through the development of a wide range of skills commonly used in practice, but also focus on the development of the professional "self", addressing knowledge base, values, attitudes, and purposeful use of the self. Underlying themes of the book and the video include focusing on a strengths perspective, providing an ecological view on behavior, and understanding that there is more than "one right way" to respond to a client.

Both the text and video address the complexity of issues clinicians, especially beginning clinicians, confront in today's interview environments, often while struggling with limited time and few resources. The text shows diverse clinicians using a range of skills with clients. If the professor chooses to use the text/video package, students will be able to read assigned chapters at home and then watch corresponding short clips in which real-life clinicians from a variety of disciplines demonstrate the specific clinical skills covered in the chapter. Students will become familiar with fiveclinician-client pairs as client stories unfold in the video and will develop a realistic understanding of the complexity of the interviewing process and a realization that implementation of skills is not always uniform nor always on target.