General texts
Brown, D., Pryzwansky, W. B., & Schulte, A. C. (2011). Psychological consultation and collaboration : Introduction to theory and practice. | Source: Pearson.
This comprehensive book provides an overview of both the theory and practice of consultation and collaboration along with a summary of the empirical support, multicultural strengths, and limitations for each approach. Coverage includes mental health consultation, behavioural consultation, organisational development consultation, and the processes in consultation and collaboration–including the characteristics of the people who engage in them, evaluation of the outcomes of the two processes, and ethical guidelines for consultants and collaborators.
Dougherty, A. M. (2014). Psychological consultation and collaboration in school and community settings. (6th ed.) | Source: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.
https://au.cengage.com/c/isbn/9781285098562/
This book provides a useful and engaging overview of the core theoretical models and basic skills needed to understanding the content and process of consultation in school and community settings. It is an excellent “primary” resource for students who are taking a first course in consultation.
Mental Health model
Caplan, G. (1970). The theory and practice of mental health consultation. | Source: New York: Basic Books.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/000276427001400133
This book describes in detail the practice and conceptualisation of a new methodology in the field of community psychiatry – the mental health consultation model. Specifically, this book defines, delineates and systematises the concepts and the principles of a consultation method developed in the practice of community mental health.
Caplan, G. (2004). Recent advances in mental health consultation and collaboration (pp. 19-35). | Source: In Nadine M. Lambert, Ingrid Hylander, and Jonathan H. Sandoval’s Consultee-Centered Consultation: Improving the quality of professional services in schools and community organizations (1st ed.). Routledge: New York.
Chapter One focuses on identifying the methodological modification made to the mental health consultation model across different settings, to seek consensus about basic principles and conceptual models across both national and organisational boundaries.
Behavioural Consultation model
Ricciardi, J. N., & Luiselli, J. K. (2007). Behavioral–Clinical Consultation in the Developmental Disabilities. (pp. 227-243) | Source: Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Springer, Boston, MA.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/0-387-32931-5_12
This chapter reviews the contemporary role of consultation in various settings and shares guidelines for successful practice. It also discusses the emerging role of behavioural-clinical consultation in improving the greater wellbeing of persons with developmental disabilities, the staff working with them and their service systems.
Rowan, A. B., & Runyan, C. N. (2007). A primer on the consultation model of primary care behavioral health integration. (pp. 9-27) | Source: In The primary care consultant: The next frontier for psychologists in hospitals and clinics. American Psychological Association (APA).
https://psychologyinterns.org/wp-content/uploads/Primer-on-the-consultation-model.pdf
This chapter briefly describes the rationale for a consultative model of integrated behavioural health care and describes the pitfalls encountered when transitioning from the speciality health role to that of the primary care behavioural health consultant role. The goals of the chapter are three-fold: to provide exposure to a non traditional model of mental health care delivery, to demonstrate how and why a consultative model of behavioural health care is symbiotic to the goals of today's primary care environment, and to provide a foundational understanding of what this model of care looks like in actual clinical practice.
Kratochwill, T. R., Bergen, J. R. (1990). Behavioral consultation in applied settings: An individual guide | Source: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
This guidebook has been developed as a skill-training package to teach psychologists, counsellors, social workers, and other applied mental health professionals a model for the delivery of behavioural interventions through a behavioural consultation approach.
Luiselli, J. K. (2018). Conducting behavioral consultation in educational and treatment settings| Source: Elsevier Academic Press.
This book is a practitioner’s guide to implementing consultation with multidisciplinary care providers for children and adults who have learning and behavioural challenges. The book focuses on the interactive, problem-solving, dispute resolution, time management and related skills necessary for conducting behavioural consultation successfully. Primary topics include (a) basic principles and practices of behavioural consultation, (b) roles, expectations and responsibilities of a behavioural consultant, (c) establishing a consultation relationship, (d) consultation in action (problem identification, problem analysis, intervention implementation and intervention evaluation), (e) supervision, (f) interpersonal skills, and (g) time management skills.
Organisational Consultation model
Rodney L. Lowman (2002). The California School of Organizational studies: Handbook of organizational consulting psychology. | Source: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Jossey-Bass.
This book reflects the depth and breadth of the contemporary state of organisational consulting psychology, an exciting field that is now coming into its own. Specifically, it reviews the foundations of organisational consulting psychology, applications on the individual-, group- and organisational-levels, and how to bridge these levels, and issues in consulting to, and for, specific types of organisations. Finally, it also looks at measurement, evaluation and effectiveness issues and how to manage issues of professional practice.
Rodney L. Lowman (2016). An introduction to consulting psychology: Working with individuals, groups and organizations. | Source: American Psychological Association (APA).
https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4317403?tab=1
In this book, Rodney Lowman describes consulting psychology and how consultation helps clients at three levels – individual, group and organisational. He uses case examples to illustrate the issues that can arise at each level and describes appropriate tools for assessment and intervention. The book also covers important professional standards and guidelines for consulting psychologists, including the APA Ethics Code.
