Conflict Resolution for the Helping Professions

Prepare for an array of conflict situations with CONFLICT RESOLUTION FOR THE HELPING PROFESSIONS! This hands-on counseling text teaches you how to analyze conflict situations and develop theory-based strategies that can be used to intervene in an ethical and effective manner. Through case studies, class exercises, discussion questions, role-plays, and assignments, you will easily learn to understand and apply the material. Numerous examples demonstrate how to apply conflict resolution skills when working with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and diverse communities.

Prepare for an array of conflict situations with CONFLICT RESOLUTION FOR THE HELPING PROFESSIONS! This hands-on counseling text teaches you how to analyze conflict situations and develop theory-based strategies that can be used to intervene in an ethical and effective manner. Through case studies, class exercises, discussion questions, role-plays, and assignments, you will easily learn to understand and apply the material. Numerous examples demonstrate how to apply conflict resolution skills when working with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and diverse communities.

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Barsky (social work, U. of Calgary) surveys a number of theoretical approaches to the professional practice of both contractual and emergent (i.e. where the role arises out of some other professional position) conflict resolution. After discussing concepts of professional awareness and conscious use of self, he devotes separate chapters to negotiation, mediation, and advocacy models of conflict resolution. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dr. Allan Edward Barsky has a background in law, social work, and conflict resolution. He is presently a Professor of Social Work at Florida Atlantic University and a Family Mediator accredited by the Supreme Court of Florida. Dr. Barsky has mediated family and community disputes in New York City, Toronto, Calgary, and Fort Lauderdale. He is a past President of Ontario Association of Family Mediation and former national board member of Conflict Resolution Network Canada. His research has been published in Negotiation Journal, Conflict Resolution Quarterly, and Family Courts Review. He has taught conflict resolution courses in the United States, Canada, Israel, and the United Kingdom. Dr. Barsky's other book credits include SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION: A STUDENT'S GUIDE (Brooks/Cole, 2006), ALCOHOL, OTHER DRUGS AND ADDICTIONS: A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANUAL FOR SOCIAL WORK AND THE HUMAN SERVICES (Brooks/Cole, 2006), INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE WITH DIVERSE POPULATIONS (Greenwood, 2000), and CLINICIANS IN COURT (Guilford, 2002). Dr. Barsky has also been active in promoting civil rights and equality for various minority groups.