Introduction to the Counseling Profession

by Capuzzi, David; Gross, Douglas R.

• ISBN13: 9780205321964
• ISBN10: 0205321968
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This text is designed for students taking an introductory course in the counseling field who are trying to determine if they are well matched to the counseling profession. Introduction to the Counseling Profession is unique both in its format and in its content. This co-edited/co-authored book is comprised of state-of-the-art information by recognized experts in their respective areas of counseling. The content is organized into counseling foundations, counseling skills, counseling in specific settings, and counseling specific populations, which provides a comprehensive overview and introduction to the profession of counseling. CACREP accredited and CACREP equivalent graduate programs can use this text in connection with meeting CACREP's professional orientation standard.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	x
Meet the Contributors	xiii
PART ONE Counseling Foundations	1	(120)
The Counseling Profession: A Historical Perspective	3	(47)
Harriet L. Glosoff
The Helping Relationship	50	(19)
Russel D. Miars
Susan Halverson
Ethical and Legal Considerations in Counseling: What Beginning Counselors Should Know	69	(16)
Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius
Research and Writing in Counseling	85	(21)
Teresa M. Christensen
Counseling and Technology	106	(15)
John A. Casey
PART TWO Counseling Skills	121	(170)
Individual Counseling: Traditional Approaches	123	(16)
Benedict T. McWhirter
J. Jeffries McWhirter
Katharine C. Townsend
Individual Counseling: Brief Approaches	139	(27)
Rolla E. Lewis
Conrad Sieber
Group Counseling	166	(22)
David Capuzzi
Douglas R. Gross
Career Counseling: Counseling for Life	188	(20)
Ellen Hawley McWhirter
Jonathan R. Flojo
Counseling and Spirituality	208	(16)
Paul T. Ceasar
Judith G. Miranti
Creative Approaches to Counseling	224	(25)
Ann Vernon
Counseling Uses of Tests	249	(21)
Larry C. Loesch
Nicholas A. Vacc
Diagnosis in Counseling	270	(21)
Linda Seligman
PART THREE Counseling in Specific Settings	291	(48)
School Counseling	293	(23)
Susan G. Keys
Alan Green
Counseling in Mental Health and Private Practice Settings	316	(23)
Rebecca T. Browers
PART FOUR Counseling Special Populations	339	(124)
Counseling the Older Adult	341	(16)
Douglas R. Gross
David Capuzzi
Counseling Couples and Families	357	(29)
Cass Dykeman
Counseling GayLesbian, and Bisexual Clients	386	(29)
Jennie L. Miller
Reese M. House
Counseling Ethnic Minority Clients	415	(20)
Cirecie A. West-Olatunji
Counseling Clients with Disabilities	435	(28)
Hanoch Livneh
Elizabeth T. Wosley-George
References	463
Index	000