This comprehensive, user-friendly text builds on established research and the authors' vast professional experience to address issues related to doing consultation with diverse clientele in varied settings.

Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Part One: Individual-Level Consulting Issues 23 Chapter 2 Clinical Career Assessment and Counseling 25 Chapter 3 Organizational Context 45 Chapter 4 Leadership, Management, and Supervision 76 Chapter 5 Executive Assessment, Selection, Interviewing, and Development 114 Chapter 6 Executive Coaching and Performance Enhancement 153 Part Two: Consulting to Small Systems 221 Chapter 7 Working with Teams and Groups 223 Chapter 8 Training and Team Building 249 Chapter 9 Diversity Issues in Consultation 270 Part Three: Consulting to Large Systems 299 Chapter 10 The Nature of Organizations 301 Chapter 11 Assessment of Organizations 318 Chapter 12 Organizational Intervention 331 Part Four: Special Topics 353 Chapter 13 Practice Management 355 Chapter 14 Clinical Consultation 386 Chapter 15 Consultation Services for Special Populations 413 Chapter 16 Crisis Consultation 428 Glossary 447 References 469 Additional Reference Sources 497 Appendix 499 Author Index 515 Subject Index 527 About the Authors 533

"Consultation Skills for Mental Health Professionals is an excellent introduction to a wide array of topics involving consultation. This practical, 'how to' guidebook is extensive in its coverage and a great place to get started. . . . Professionals who are looking to start consulting roles should buy it, read it, and regularly consult it." —Rodney L. Lowman, PhD, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Alliant International University; Past President, Society of Consulting Psychology "Consultation Skills for Mental Health Professionals is a must-read for any clinician who is considering consultation. Comprehensive and well-written, this is a book that I will strongly recommend to my career-coaching clients and all my colleagues." —Larina Kase, PsyD, MBA, author of The Successful Therapist: Your Guide to Building the Career You've Always Wanted Consultation interventions are an increasingly popular alternative to clinical practice, allowing the practitioner to interact with and affect many different individuals and organizations. This type of work challenges mental health professionals, drawing on all the skills and resources they may possess, yet also offers some of the greatest rewards and opportunities for service. Filled with numerous case examples and checklists, Consultation Skills for Mental Health Professionals contains a wealth of information on this important area of practice. It provides a comprehensive source for working with a diverse clientele in a variety of settings, discussing both traditional mental health consultation models and the fast-growing field of organizational consulting. The guide is divided into four parts: Individual-Level Consulting Issues takes up individual career assessment and counseling, along with how organizational contexts affect individual jobs; leadership, management, and supervision; executive assessment, selection, interviewing, and development; and executive coaching.Consulting to Small Systems discusses working with teams and groups; planning and conducting training and teambuilding; diversity in the workplace and in consultation.Consulting to Large Systems covers how to work with large organizations, including organizational structure, terms, culture, and concepts, as well as processes such as change and resistance; how to assess organizations, and the characteristics of healthy and dysfunctional workplaces; and issues involved in organizational intervention.Special Consulting Topics include issues such as the practical aspects of running a consulting practice; the skills required for successful clinical consultation; consultation services for special populations; and crisis consultation, including critical incident stress management, psychological first aid, disaster recovery, media communication, and school crisis response.