Helping and human relations V.2
- New York Holt Rinehart and Winston 1969
- 298p.
While there can be no question that both lay and professional assistance in the area of human relations is urgently needed, procedures for assessing the suitability and potential of helpers and for preparing them for the actual helping situation have not been adequately de- fined. Professor Carkhuff's two volumes represent the first attempt to deal with all phases of effective helping programs in terms of identifiable and repeatable oper- ations. The author's pragmatic approach to the helping process is guided by what he calls the "three R's of helping": the right of the helper to intervene in the life of another; his responsibilities once he has intervened;' and the role which he must assume and the role conflicts he will encounter in helping another.