Doing Counseling
Description
This pragmatic book explains the "how" of integrating counselor training into practice by bridging the gap between educational knowledge, clinical skill, and counselor identity. Drs. Jude and Julius Austin combine their personal and professional experiences with contributions from other skilled clinicians to break down the counseling process and inspire counselor confidence in the ongoing quest to do counseling well.
Following an introduction to basic counseling ethics and several types of sessions, each stage of counseling is explored, including presession preparation, meeting the client, building the therapeutic relationship, managing and trusting the process, developing a unique personal style, tracking therapeutic progress, ending therapy, and postsession tasks. The discussion then shifts to getting the most from supervision, competent multicultural/antiracist counseling, and the dos and don'ts of distance counseling. A sole case study is presented throughout the book to illustrate therapeutic techniques, and key takeaways are summarized in an epilogue.
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Persons
Jude T. Austin II, PhD, is an assistant professor in the counseling program at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and has a private practice working with individuals, couples, and families.
Julius A. Austin, PhD, is an assistant professor in the counseling program at Grand Canyon University and serves as the clinical director of a community-based private practice in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Content
Preface vii
Acknowledgments xv
About the Authors xvii
About the Guest Contributors xix
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Doing Counseling 1
Chapter 2 Doing Different Types of Sessions 25
Chapter 3 Presession Preparation 49
Chapter 4 Meeting the Client 69
Chapter 5 Managing the Therapeutic Process 91
Chapter 6 Trusting the Process 117
Chapter 7 Developing Your Style 133
Chapter 8 Therapeutic Progress: Stringing Sessions Together 151
Chapter 9 Postsession Tasks 169
Chapter 10 Clinical Supervision 191
Chapter 11 Doing Multicultural and Antiracist Counseling 207
Chapter 12 Doing Distance Counseling 227
Epilogue: Putting It Together 245
References 253
Index 261
