Introduction to the Counseling Profession

Preface. Acknowledgments. Contributors. I. COUNSELING FOUNDATIONS. 1. The Counseling Profession: A Historical Perspective. Harriet L. Glosoff, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Counseling and Counseling Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Perry Rockwell, Jr. Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Counselor Education, University of Wisconsin, Platteville, Wisconsin. 2. What Does it Mean to be Psychologically Healthy? Richard T. Kinnier, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Psychology in Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. 3. The Helping Relationship. Russell D. Miars, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Counselor Education, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. Carol A. Burden, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Counselor Education, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. Margaret M. Pedersen, M.S., Counselor/Instructor, Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, Oregon. 4. Ethical and Legal Considerations in Counseling: What Beginning Counselors Should Know. Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Psychology in Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. 5. Counseling Theory: A Rationale and a Framework for an Eclectic Approach. J. Jeffries McWhirter, Ph.D., A.B.P.B., Professor, Division of Psychology in Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Benedict T. McWhirter, M.C., Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska. D. Scott Herrmann, M.C., Doctoral Student, Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. II. COUNSELING SKILLS. 6. Individual Counseling: Traditional Approaches. Benedict T. McWhirter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska. Gary J. Lova, M.S., Doctoral Student, Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska. 7. Individual Counseling: Brief Approaches. Rolla E. Lewis, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, Counselor, and Teacher Education, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. Conrad Sieber, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Counselor Education, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. 8. Group Counseling. David Capuzzi, Ph.D., Professor, Counselor Education, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. Douglas R. Gross, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Psychology in Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. 9. Career Counseling: Counseling for Life. Ellen Hawley McWhirter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska. 10. Counseling Uses Of Tests. Larry C. Loesch, Ph.D., Professor, Counselor Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Nicholas A. Vacc, Professor and Chairperson, Counselor Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 11. Diagnosis in Counseling. Linda Seligman, Ph.D., Professor, Counseling and Development, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. 12. Specialized Approaches to Counseling. Ann Vernon, Ph.D., Professor and Coordinator, Counselor Education, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa. III. COUNSELING IN SPECIFIC SETTINGS. 13. School Counseling. Claire Cole Vaught, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Counselor Education, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. 14. Counseling in Mental Health and Private Practice Settings. David K. Brooks, Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Counselor Education, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. IV. COUNSELING SPECIAL POPULATIONS. 15. Counseling Children and Adolescents. Larry B. Golden, Ph.D., Professor, Associate Professor and Coordinator, Counseling and Guidance, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. Ardis Sherwood-Hawes, M.S., Counselor in Private Practice, Beaverton, Oregon. 16. Counseling the Older Adult. Douglas R. Gross, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Psychology in Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. David Capuzzi, Ph.D., Professor, Counselor Education, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. 17. Counseling Couples and Families. Cass Dykeman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Director, School Counseling Program, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington. 18. Counseling Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients. Reese M. House, Ed.D., Professor of Education, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Jennie L. Miller, M.A., Doctoral Student, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. 19. Counseling Ethnic Minority Clients. Linda G. Matthews, M.A., Doctoral Candidate, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California. Donald R. Atkinson, Ph.D., Professor of Education, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California. 20. Counseling Clients with Disabilities. Hanoch Livneh, Ph.D., Professor, Counselor Education, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. Elizabeth T. Wosley-George, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Counselor Education, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. Index.