What Therapists Say and Why They Say It, 3rd edition, is one of the most practical and flexible textbooks available to counseling students. The new edition includes more than one hundred techniques and more than a thousand specific therapeutic responses that elucidate not just why but how to practice good therapy.

1. Welcome 2. Pragmatic Therapy 3. The Reflecting Pool 4. The Questioning Tree 5. The Framework 6. Looking for Clear Skies 7. Chasing Down Mirages 8. The Supply Line 9. Therapist's Actions 10. Pure Imagination 11. Waves in Motion 12. Abandoned Mine Shaft 13. Comprehensive Transcript 14. Intertwined Interventions 15. Practice Exercises

Bill McHenry, PhD, NCC, LPC-S, is a chair and associate professor of counselor education at St. Edward's University. He has served as a counselor educator for 18 years.

Jim McHenry, EdD, was a professor at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania for 32 years and is now a semi-retired professor emeritus.