Counseling : A Comprehensive Profession

by Gladding, Samuel T.

• ISBN13: 9780132434560
• ISBN10: 0132434563
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession, 6/e like it predecessors, covers every major topic in the counseling field, e.g., history, theory, practice, specialties, current trends, and does so in a very readable and interesting style. The book is developmental in nature and leads the reader logically and smoothly from one important area to another. The chapters are illustrated and up-to-date with the most recent research in the field. This book is often used by students as the main source in studying for the National Counselor Exam (NCE). It is considered the "gold standard" by which other books in the field are judged since it has been the best-selling book in this area of counseling for 20 years.

Table of Contents

Summary and Conclusion

Classroom Activities

Historical and Professional Foundations of Counseling

History Of and Trends in Counseling

Definition of Counseling

History of Counseling

Current Trends in the New Millennium

Summary and Conclusion

Summary Table

Classroom Activities

Personal and Professional Aspects of Counseling

The Personality and Background of the Counselor

Professional Aspects of Counseling

Credentialing of Counselors

Attribution and Systematic Framework of the Counselor

Engaging in Professional Counseling-Related Activities

Summary and Conclusion

Classroom Activities

Ethical and Legal Aspects of Counseling

Definitions: Ethics, Morality, and Law

Ethics and Counseling

Professional Codes of Ethics and Standards

Making Ethical Decisions

Educating Counselors in Ethical Decision Making

Ethics in Specific Counseling Situations

Multiple Relationships

Working with Counselors Who May Act Unethically

The Law and Counseling

Legal Recognition of Counseling

Legal Aspects of the Counseling Relationship

Civil and Criminal Liability

Legal Issues Involved When Counseling Minors

Client Rights and Records

The Counselor in Court

Ethics and the Law: Two Ways of Thinking

Summary and Conclusion

Classroom Activities

Counseling in a Multicultural Society

Counseling Across Culture and Ethnicity

Defining Culture and Multicultural Counseling

History of Multicultural Counseling

Difficulties in Multicultural Counseling

Issues in Multicultural Counseling

Counseling Considerations with Specific Cultural Groups

Summary and Conclusion

Classroom Activities

Counseling with Diverse Populations

Aged Populations

Gender-Based Counseling

Counseling and Sexual Orientation

Counseling and Spirituality

Summary and Conclusion

Classroom Activities

Counseling Process and Theories

Building a Counseling Relationship

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