"The Skilled Helper" is the "millennium version" of Egan's famous book for helpers, which is internationally acclaimed for its successful problem-management and opportunity-building approach to effective assisting. Egan emphasizes the collaborative nature of the relationship between therapist and client and uses a practical, three-stage paradigm that encourages clients to take action to solve problems and find new opportunities. Egan does a great job of guiding readers through the counseling process and showing the complexity of any relationship where someone is helping someone else. As readers learn about the different steps of the assisting model, their skills and confidence grow in a big way. In this new seventh edition, Egan builds on what was good about the last one and focuses on a new "positive psychology," solution-focused theme.