The Skilled Helper by Gerard Egan Essay

Social work plays an important role since it consists of the professional application of social work principles, techniques, and values in meeting various end: that is offering psychotherapy and counseling to individuals; helping groups, families and individuals to improve health and social services; additionally it is also significant in participating in the legislative process. From a broader perspective, the practice of a social worker when dealing with Hispanic elders requires knowledge of human

How do I make use of counselling skills and knowledge in helping interactions and/or helping work? In this essay I will outline how I make use of counselling skills and knowledge gained by looking at them individually and providing examples of how they have been used working with families and in my personal life. This will be formally and informally and will include skills practice from this course. I will look at the effects the helping have on me and how I deal with them. Carl Rogers developed