Introduction to Counseling
Voices from the Field
6th Edition
Published on 29. March 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
592 pages
978-0-495-09209-4 (ISBN)
Description
INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELING brings you the most complete and up-to-date information on what counseling is as well as its history, theoretical orientations, applications, and professional issues. In this edition, new co-author David S. Shepard adds his years experience to the text to show you how to apply the most recent counseling theories to your future professional practice. Throughout the text, you will explore unflinching accounts of the day-to-day realities of being a counselor that will help you prepare for a career with your eyes and heart wide open.
More details
Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
900 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-495-09209-4 (9780495092094)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part I. THE PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR. 1. What Counseling Is and How It Works. 2. Foundations of Counseling: Basics of History and Research. 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. 13. Counseling Diverse Clients. Part IV. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE. 14. Ethical and Legal Issues. 15. Toward Closure.