Nutrition Therapy: Advanced Counseling Skills

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Bridget M. Klawitter
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007 - 315 pages

This practical text presents a wealth of fresh ideas and techniques for strengthening counseling skills to face real-world issues in nutrition therapy. It offers students and practitioners advice on ways to increase referrals, decrease no-shows, and overcome common barriers to effective counseling. The Third Edition also explores strategies for counseling patients with AIDS, diabetes, and other chronic diseases, for group therapy, for teaching developmental skills, and for end-of-life counseling.

This edition has a new reader-friendly design and layout. New learning activities—including case studies and critical thinking exercises—encourage students to apply what they have learned to common situations in clinical practice.

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Contents

Kathy King RD LD Eileen S Myers MPH RD LDN FADA Private Practice
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Klawitter PhD RD CD FADA Jean Schreiner MS RD Private Business
30
Karin Kratina PhD
155
Cultural Competency in Counseling
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About the author (2007)

Kathy King has been an entrepreneur since 1972 when she started her private practice specializing in outpatient counseling. She has counseled over 6,000 patients as well as consulted for sports teams, a dialysis center, drug rehab programs, spas and food companies. Kathy hosted her own nationally syndicated radio talk show in 1989 and has authored nine books. Her company, Helm Publishing, publishes books and self-study courses for the continuing education of dietitians and nurses.

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