V monografii raskryvaetsya sushchnost" razrabotannoy avtorom fokusno-strategicheskoy modeli vzaimoponimaniya kak osnovnogo fenomena psikhologicheskogo konsul"tirovaniya. Pomogayushchee vzaimodeystvie lyudey v protsesse konsul"tativnogo dialoga rassmatrivaetsya kak protsess postroeniya i razvitiya ikh vzaimoponimaniya. Analiziruyutsya povsednevnye i professional"nye osobennosti vzaimoponimaniya i pomoshchi, sopostavlyayutsya razlichnye ee modeli i predstavleniya o ponimanii, ob usloviyakh, stadiyakh i rezul"tatakh ponimaniya v protsesse pomogayushchego vzaimodeystviya sub"ektov raznykh polovozrastnykh i etnokul"turnykh grupp, spetsialistov s razlichnym professional"nym opytom i prinadlezhashchikh razlichnym shkolam i t.d. Kniga budet interesna issledovatelyam v oblasti psikhologii poznaniya, psikhologii obshcheniya, psikhoterapii i psikhologicheskogo konsul"tirovaniya, a takzhe studentam i aspirantam fakul"tetov sotsial"noy raboty, psikhologii, sotsial"noy pedagogiki, spetsialistam, rabotayushchim v sfere sotsial"nogo obsluzhivaniya, vsem, interesuyushchimsya problemami organizatsii i effektivnosti sotsial"noy i psikhologicheskoy pomoshchi.