Main description:

This student-centered overview of the counseling profession exposes you to real challenges faced by experienced practitioners and gives you an unparalleled look at what your professional future may hold. "Introduction to Counseling, Seventh Edition" covers what counseling is, as well as its history, theoretical orientations, applications, and professional issues. As you become engaged in the process of learning and applying counseling concepts, you'll examine the day-to-day realities of being a counselor, as well as your own motivation for choosing the profession. Finally, experiential and reflective exercises, integrated into every chapter, help you reflect on the material.

Contents:

PART I. THE PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR. 1. What Counseling Is and How It Works. 2. Foundations of Counselors 3. Settings for Counseling. 4. The Therapeutic Relationship. PART II. COUNSELING APPROACHES. 5. Insight-Oriented Approaches. 6. Action-Oriented Approaches. 7. Integrating Theory and Counseling Skills. 8. Assessment, Testing, and the Diagnostic Process. PART III. COUNSELING APPLICATIONS. 9. Group Counseling. 10. Marital, Family, and Sex Counseling. 11. Career Counseling. 12. Addictions Counseling and Psychopharmacology. 13. Counseling Diverse Clients. PART IV. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE. 14. Ethical and Legal Issues. 15. Toward Closure: Advise for the Passionately Committed Counseling Student.