Helping skills training for nonprofessional counselors : the lifeRAFT model--providing relief through actions, feelings, and thoughts / Elizabeth L. Campbell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to helping -- Ethical issues in nonprofessional counseling -- The LifeRAFT training approach -- Stage one: support -- Stage two: watch -- Stage three: investigate -- Stage four: modify -- Stage four: modifying through actions -- Stage four: modifying through feelings -- Stage four: modifying through thoughts -- LifeRAFT integration -- Your future as a nonprofessional counselor.

"Helping Skills Training for Nonprofessional Counselors provides comprehensive training in mental health first aid. Through a trusted approach, grounded in evidence-based psychological research and counseling theory, this training manual provides step-by-step instruction in helping skills written exclusively for nonprofessionals. Focusing on the basics of nonprofessional counseling, the author has written an easy-to-read text that pinpoints strategies, action steps, and investigation procedures to be used by nonprofessionals to effectively aid those in distress. The LifeRAFT model integrates multi-theoretical bases, microskills training, evidence-based techniques, and instruction on ethical appropriateness. It also includes case studies, session transcripts, and practice exercises. With undergraduate students in applied psychology and nonprofessional counselors being the primary beneficiaries of this text, it is also ideal for anyone seeking training to effectively respond to mental health crises encountered in their everyday lives"-- Provided by publisher.