Overview

Current and innovative, Orientation to the Counseling Profession provides students with a comprehensive overview of the major tenets of the counseling profession, including advocacy and multicultural counseling, licensure, professional associations, ethical and legal issues, consultation, supervision, outcomes research, and counseling process with diverse applications across the lifespan, settings, and specialties.   This first edition text focuses on the new counselor preparation initiatives that expose counselors-in-training to essential current and future practices that are missing from the current texts on the market. While many comparable introductory counseling orientation texts approach the field from a dated perspective and more of a global “helping professions” perspective, Orientation to the Counseling Profession, on the other hand, emphasizes new counselor preparation initiatives including: professional identity that focuses on ACA and its divisions, branches and affiliates as the core entities of the counseling field; advocacy counseling, professional advocacy; accountability in counseling; and knowledge of outcomes research.

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Author:   Bradley T. Erford
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Dimensions:   Width: 23.30cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 19.00cm
Weight:   0.687kg
ISBN:  

9780132283519

ISBN 10:   0132283514
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   01 June 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780132850858
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Brief Table of Contents Section I: Foundations of Professional Counselor Identity Chapter 1 Becoming a Professional Counselor: Philosophical, Historical and Future Considerations by Susan H. Eaves, Bradley T. Erford, and Mardi Fallon Chapter 2 Professional Counseling: Associations, Licensure, Certification and Accreditation by Joshua Watson, Bradley T. Erford, Katie Tasch, David Kaplan, and Grafton T. Eliason Chapter 3 Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling by Lynn Linde, Bradley T. Erford, and Amy Cheung Section II: Counseling Processes and Approaches Chapter 4 Theories of Counseling by Dana Heller Levitt and Alissa Bray Chapter 5 The Counseling Process by Donna Starkey Sheperis and Cyrus Ellis Chapter 6 Counseling Skills by Joseph Cooper Chapter 7 Multicultural Counseling by Danica G. Hays and Geneva Gray Chapter 8 Consultation and Supervision by Mark Young and Alan Basham Chapter 9 Settings and Counseling Career Choices by Nadine Garner, James P. Valle, and Nichole Hinkle Section III: Client Issues and Advocacy Chapter 10 Issues Specific to Working with Clients across the Life Span by Ann Vernon Chapter 11 Assessment, Case Conceptualization, Diagnosis, and Treatment Planning by Gail Mears Chapter 12 Client Issues by Catharine Y. Chang and Amy McLeod Chapter 13 Advocating for the Counseling Profession by Amy Milsom Chapter 14 Advocacy Counseling by Donna Gibson Section IV: Accountability in Counseling Chapter 15 Accountability in Counseling by Bradley T. Erford Chapter 16 Outcome Research in Counseling by Susan H. Eaves and Bradley T. Erford

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Bradley T Erford, Ph.D., LCPC, NCC, is a professor in the school counseling program at Loyola University with primary teaching responsibilities in assessment, research, and lifespan development. He has held numerous professional leadership positions and published numerous books, articles and book chapters.

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