1983
DOI: 10.1007/bf00759555
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Crisis telephone counselors' views of clinical interaction situations

Abstract: A survey was conducted to determine the degree of frequency and degree of comfort that paraprofessional telephone crisis counselors experience in a variety of clinical interaction situations. An inventory of 100 separate clinical interactions was completed by a sample of crisis counselors. Results indicate that 32 of the 100 situations received ratings suggestive of high levels scene calls, client anger towards the counselor, client expression of positive affect towards the counselor, client resistance, physic… Show more

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“…Helplines like ERAN that serve a heterogeneous population of callers with a broad range of needs (Gingerich et al, 1988;Walfish, 1983), should prepare their counselors to offer a variety of helping modalities. However, the findings of this study suggest that ERAN, and similar helplines run by volunteers, should also focus more explicitly on providing social support, particularly to single persons.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Helplines like ERAN that serve a heterogeneous population of callers with a broad range of needs (Gingerich et al, 1988;Walfish, 1983), should prepare their counselors to offer a variety of helping modalities. However, the findings of this study suggest that ERAN, and similar helplines run by volunteers, should also focus more explicitly on providing social support, particularly to single persons.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Les tentatives de certains appelants réguliers de créer une relation amicale avec les écoutants ou les demandes d'informations personnelles à leur endroit sont parmi les importantes sources d'inconfort vécu par les écoutants (Walfish, 1983). De plus, les contacts avec les appelants réguliers seraient perçus comme répétitifs, non-productifs et régulièrement empreints de manipulation (Imboden, 1981 ;Licoppe, 2006 ;MacKinnon, 1998).…”
Section: L'ampleur Du Phénomène Des Appelants Réguliersunclassified
“…There are hundreds of articles and textbooks on crisis intervention and related telephone services. Information is available on developing crisis intervention centers, evaluating programs (Walfish, 1983), counseling strategies (Gilliland & James, 1993), effectiveness of counselors (Stein & Lambert, 1989), training the counselors (Lamb, 1970), and case studies (Ostbloom & Crase, 1980).…”
Section: The Use Of the Telephone In Crisis Interventionmentioning
confidence: 99%