The Professional Counselors' Desk Reference

by Marini, Irmo, Ph.D.; Stebnicki, Mark A., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780826115478
• ISBN10: 0826115470
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-11
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

A practical, authoritative resource for licensed and certified professional counselors, counselor educators and supervisors, and persons entering the counseling profession. It serves as a comprehensive study guide for those preparing for national counselor certification and state licensure exams.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
The Identity of Professional Counselors	p. 1
A Brief History of Counseling and Specialty Areas of Practice	p. 3
The Roles and Functions of Professional Counselors	p. 15
What Practitioners Need to Know About Professional Credentialing	p. 27
Clinical Supervision for Developing Counselors	p. 39
Professional, Ethical, and Practice Management Issues in Counseling	p. 49
Tools and Strategies for Developing Your Own Counseling Private Practice	p. 51
New Concepts in Counseling Ethics	p. 59
A Synopsis of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act	p. 69
Contracting Strategies With Managed Care and Other Agencies	p. 79
Computerized Practice Resource Tools	p. 89
Managing Risk in Ethical and Legal Situations	p. 99
Professional Disclosure in Counseling	p. 113
Case Management and Consultation Issues	p. 125
Conducting an Intake Interview	p. 127
Resource Brokering: Managing the Referral Process	p. 135
How to Develop Treatment Plans	p. 145
Enhancing Client Return After the First Session, and Alternatively Dealing With Early Termination	p. 155
Effective Use of Therapeutic Homework Assignments	p. 165
Community Resources Used in Counseling	p. 175
Multicultural Counseling Issues	p. 183
The Elephant in the Room: Cultural Distrust Directed at White Counselors	p. 185
The Native American Indian Client	p. 199
Multicultural Issues in Counseling African Americans	p. 209
Multicultural Issues in Counseling Asian Americans	p. 219
Mental Health Counseling With Hispanics/Latinos: The Role of Culture in Practice	p. 231
Counseling Persons From Middle Eastern Backgrounds	p. 241
Counseling White Americans	p. 247
Cultural Issues in Counseling Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals	p. 255
Rural Mental Health Counseling	p. 263
Counseling Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing	p. 275
Counseling Theories and Techniques	p. 287
Psychoanalysis	p. 289
Basics of Cognitive Behavior Therapy	p. 301
Reality Therapy	p. 313
Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy	p. 321
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy	p. 331
Behavior Therapy	p. 337
The Use of Multiracial Feminism Within Counseling	p. 345
Disability-Affirmative Therapy	p. 355
Adlerian Therapy	p. 371
Brief Psychotherapy	p. 379
Motivational Interviewing	p. 389
Gestalt Therapy	p. 399
Career Counseling, Human Growth and Development	p. 409
Historical Perspectives in Career Development Theory	p. 411
Occupational Choice and the Meaning of Work	p. 421
What Counselors Should Know About School-to-Work Transition	p. 431
Career Counseling Across the Life Span	p. 443
Work, Careers, and Disability	p. 455
Career Development Theories	p. 467
Key Concepts and Techniques for an Aging Workforce	p. 477
Assessment and Diagnosis	p. 487
What Counselors Should Know About Personality Assessments	p. 489
Understanding the Use of Aptitude Tests in Counseling	p. 499
Understanding How to Use the DSM-IV-TR	p. 509
Understanding Mental and Physical Functional Capacity Evaluations	p. 519
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF): Applications for Professional Counseling	p. 529
What Counselors Should Know About Vocational Assessment and Evaluation	p. 543
Counseling Couples, Families, and Groups	p. 551
Family Assessment	p. 553
Guidelines in Counseling Families	p. 563
Effective Counseling With Couples	p. 573
A Guide to Having a Healthy Family	p. 583
Theory and Practice of Counseling Families	p. 591
Working With Individuals in Groups	p. 605
Involuntary Members in a Group	p. 615
Challenging Childhood Behaviors	p. 623
Counseling Specific Populations	p. 637
Counseling Individuals With Disabilities	p. 639
Psychiatric Disability: A Biopsychosocial Challenge	p. 647
Counseling Criminal Justice Clients	p. 655
Sexual Abuse Treatment	p. 665
Disaster Mental Health Response and Stress Debriefing	p. 675
Substance Abuse Assessment	p. 691
Treatment for Substance Use Disorders	p. 703
Counseling the Terminally Ill and Their Families	p. 725
Assistive Technology and Persons With Disabilities	p. 735
Counseling Issues in College Students	p. 747
School Violence: Prevalence, Impact, Assessment, and Treatment	p. 757
Services for PTSD and Poly-Trauma Service Members and Veterans	p. 767
Counseling Older Adults: Practical Implications	p. 777
Contemporary Issues in Counseling	p. 789
Positive Psychology	p. 791
Empathy Fatigue in the Counseling Profession	p. 801
Empathy Fatigue: Assessing Risk Factors and Cultivating Self-Care	p. 813
Counselor Burnout	p. 831
Religion and Spirituality in Counseling	p. 839
Counseling Persons With Chronic Pain	p. 851
Psychiatric Medicines: What Every Counselor Should Know	p. 863
Testifying Issues and Strategies as an Expert Witness	p. 875
Professional Counseling Associations and Organizations	p. 885
Self-Study Exam for PCDR	p. 895
Answer Key for Self-Study Exam for PCDR	p. 959
Index	p. 969
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