Introduction to the Counseling Profession

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Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-01-01
Publisher(s): Allyn & Bacon
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Summary

This text is designed for students taking an introductory course in the counseling field who are trying to determine if they are well matched to the counseling profession. Introduction to the Counseling Profession is unique both in its format and in its content. This co-edited/co-authored book is comprised of state-of-the-art information by recognized experts in their respective areas of counseling. The content is organized into counseling foundations, counseling skills, counseling in specific settings, and counseling specific populations, which provides a comprehensive overview and introduction to the profession of counseling. CACREP accredited and CACREP equivalent graduate programs can use this text in connection with meeting CACREP's professional orientation standard.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments x
Meet the Contributors xiii
PART ONE Counseling Foundations 1(120)
The Counseling Profession: A Historical Perspective
3(47)
Harriet L. Glosoff
The Helping Relationship
50(19)
Russel D. Miars
Susan Halverson
Ethical and Legal Considerations in Counseling: What Beginning Counselors Should Know
69(16)
Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius
Research and Writing in Counseling
85(21)
Teresa M. Christensen
Counseling and Technology
106(15)
John A. Casey
PART TWO Counseling Skills 121(170)
Individual Counseling: Traditional Approaches
123(16)
Benedict T. McWhirter
J. Jeffries McWhirter
Katharine C. Townsend
Individual Counseling: Brief Approaches
139(27)
Rolla E. Lewis
Conrad Sieber
Group Counseling
166(22)
David Capuzzi
Douglas R. Gross
Career Counseling: Counseling for Life
188(20)
Ellen Hawley McWhirter
Jonathan R. Flojo
Counseling and Spirituality
208(16)
Paul T. Ceasar
Judith G. Miranti
Creative Approaches to Counseling
224(25)
Ann Vernon
Counseling Uses of Tests
249(21)
Larry C. Loesch
Nicholas A. Vacc
Diagnosis in Counseling
270(21)
Linda Seligman
PART THREE Counseling in Specific Settings 291(48)
School Counseling
293(23)
Susan G. Keys
Alan Green
Counseling in Mental Health and Private Practice Settings
316(23)
Rebecca T. Browers
PART FOUR Counseling Special Populations 339(124)
Counseling the Older Adult
341(16)
Douglas R. Gross
David Capuzzi
Counseling Couples and Families
357(29)
Cass Dykeman
Counseling GayLesbian, and Bisexual Clients
386(29)
Jennie L. Miller
Reese M. House
Counseling Ethnic Minority Clients
415(20)
Cirecie A. West-Olatunji
Counseling Clients with Disabilities
435(28)
Hanoch Livneh
Elizabeth T. Wosley-George
References 463
Index 000

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