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Author:   Lewis Patterson (Emeritus of Cleveland State University) ,  Elizabeth Welfel (Cleveland State University)
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint:   Brooks/Cole
Edition:   6th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.528kg
ISBN:  

9780534640323

ISBN 10:   053464032
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   12 July 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part One: FUNDAMENTALS OF THE COUNSELING PROCESS. 1. Some Perspectives on Effective Helping. 2. Understanding Counseling as a Process. 3. Building the Counseling Relationship and Facilitating Initial Disclosure. 4. In-Depth Exploration. 5. Commitment to Action and Termination. 6. Ethics in Counseling. Part Two: COUNSELING STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES. 7. Assessment and Diagnosis in Counseling. 8. Structuring, Leading, and Questioning Techniques. 9. Working with Ambivalent, Indifferent, and Oppositional Clients. 10. Major Theories of Counseling. Part Three: ADAPTING THE COUNSELING PROCESS TO SPECIFIC POPULATIONS. 11. Working with Clients in Crisis. 12. Issues in Human Diversity in Counseling. 13. Working with Children and their Parents. 14. Working with Older Adults. Appendixes: A. Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice, ACA. B. Ethical Principles of Psychologists, APA. C. Listing of Related Codes of Ethics. D. Outline for Writing a Counseling Session Critique.

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a]Students have reported that the book keeps their interest and flows through the materials in an engaging and logical mannera]I believe one of the strengths of this book is the wide range of issues that it addressesa]Another strength is the clarity of writinga]

Author Information

Dr. Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel is a Professor Emeritus of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology at Cleveland State University (CSU), where she served full time on the faculty for 26 years. Prior to her tenure at CSU she was a member of the counseling faculty at Boston College. She earned her doctorate from the University of Minnesota. She has published and lectured extensively on the ethics of professional practice for mental health professionals throughout her career. She is also the co-author of THE COUNSELING PROCESS: A MULTITHEORETICAL INTEGRATIVE APPROACH (with Lewis Patterson), co-editor and co-author of THE DUTY TO PROTECT: ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND PROFESSIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ((c) 2009, APA Books(R)), and co-author of several other books on ethical and legal issues in practice. She was awarded Cleveland State's Distinguished Faculty Award for her teaching and research in ethics in 2004. Professor Emeritus Lewis Patterson taught counseling theory, career development, adult development and psychopharmacology at Cleveland State University, where he was director of doctoral studies in the College of Education. Dr. Patterson began his work as a counselor educator while a doctoral student at Pennsylvania State University, and served on the counseling faculty at Boston University before coming to Cleveland.

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