"This jargon-free text provides student clinicians with the practice principles and fundamental communication skills used to facilitate effective therapeutic communication with clients. Organized into discrete sections to highlight one skill at a time, each chapter follows a unified format that includes an overview of the skill (e.g., empathy, reflection, validation), rationale for use, exemplary dialogue between therapist and client demonstrating actual use of the skill, tutorial commentary embedded in the dialogue example, dialogue debriefing, and suggestions for variations." "This supplemental text is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate clinical skills courses across the human services in the fields of counseling, social work, psychology, and nursing. It is also a resource for any professional who deals with clients in a clinical fashion."--Jacket.