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Book SynopsisINTRODUCTION TO COUNSELING, Eighth Edition provides a comprehensive overview of the counseling profession while encouraging readers to examine the day-to-day realities of being a counselor as well as their motivation for choosing the profession. Coverage includes information on what counseling is as well as its history, theoretical orientations, applications, and professional issues. As readers become engaged in the process of learning and applying counseling concepts, they get an unparalleled look at what their professional futures may hold.
Table of ContentsPart 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. Couples, 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: Advice for the Passionately Committed Counseling Student.
