The Professional Counselor's Desk Reference
Irmo Marini, PhD, DSc, CRC, CLCP
Mark A. Stebnicki, PhD, LPC, DCMHS, CRC, CCM, CCMC
"This book contains much useful information, including professional practice, ethics, cultural considerations, assessment, and intervention. This will be a wonderful addition to the libraries of students and professionals alike... Score: 97 - 5 Stars!"
--Gary B. Kaniuk, PsyD, Cermak Health Services, Doody's Reviews
Praise for the first edition
"Marini and Stebnicki have compiled an extremely useful and practical counseling resource covering a variety of topics...[U]ndergraduates, graduate students, and new counselors will find this a valuable tool...This unique volume is a great addition for college and university libraries...Highly recommended...."
--Choice (Named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2009)
This award-winning, bestselling reference for professional counselors and graduate students is extensively updated and expanded to encompass critical developments that are immediately relevant to the counseling professions, including the 2014 American Counseling Association Code of Ethics, CACREP/CORE accreditation standards, the updated DSM-5, the Affordable Care Act, and many other important changes. It reflects the ongoing consolidation of a strong identity for professional counselors and the need to address mental health and other counseling concerns amid marked sociocultural changes. The only resource of its kind, it is an extremely useful guide for counseling students working toward licensure and certification as well as experienced counselors, counselor educators, clinical supervisors, psychologists, and social workers.
The second edition offers a unique interdisciplinary approach inclusive across all counseling disciplines and features contributions from over 110 highly regarded experts in counselor education, research, and practice. It is based on the core content and knowledge areas outlined by CACREP and CORE accreditation standards and disseminates, in 93 chapters, both contemporary insight and practical strategies for working with the complexity of real-life issues related to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of diverse clients. New chapters address military and veteran health issues; evidence-based practice for training; counseling transgender individuals, partners, and families; counseling caregivers; social justice; and much more. In addition to being a quick-access resource for all counseling professionals, the second edition serves as a concise, accessible reference for graduate students preparing for certification and licensure exams. It features an expanded, comprehensive self-exam of 340 multiple-choice items based on the CACREP/CORE foundational content and knowledge areas for counselor education and training.
New to the Second Edition:
- Updated and expanded discussion of ethical issues, including the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics
- Affordable Care Act and its impact on delivery of mental health services
- Coverage of DSM-5
- Promotes an interdisciplinary approach inclusive across all counseling disciplines
- Includes an expanded self-exam with 340 study questions for National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification (NCE) and Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE) prep
- New chapters on military and veteran mental health issues
- New chapters on evidence-based practices for counseling, social justice, and behavioral health and health disparities in the United States
- New chapters on counseling caregivers, children with psychiatric conditions, and survivors of natural disasters
- New chapter on counseling for wellness
- New information on complementary, alternative, and integrative approaches
- New information on counseling LGBTQ couples, partners, and families
Key Features:
- Covers all key foundational content for CACREP/CORE-accredited programs within one volume
- Provides quick access to a vast compendium of counseling information
- Edited and authored by leading counseling scholars, educators, and practitioners
- Relevant across all counseling specialties
Contents
Contributors
Foreword Gerald Corey, EdD
A Tribute to Jane E. Myers: A Pioneer in Wellness and a Leader in the Counseling Profession Thomas J. Sweeney, PhD, LPC
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
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SECTION A. THE IDENTITY OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
1. A Brief History of Counseling and Specialty Areas of Practice
Michael J. Leahy, Eniko Rak, and Stephen A. Zanskas
2. The Roles and Functions of Professional Counselors
Julie Chronister, Chih-Chin Chou, and Fong Chan
3. What Practitioners Need to Know About Professional Credentialing
Vilia M. Tarvydas, Michael T. Hartley, and Michael Gerald
4. Clinical Supervision Within Counseling Practice
James T. Herbert
SECTION B. PROFESSIONAL, ETHICAL, AND PRACTICE MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN COUNSELING
5. Tools and Strategies for Developing Your Own Counseling Private Practice
Norman C. Dasenbrook
6. Raising the Bar: New Concepts in the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics
David M. Kaplan
7. A Synopsis of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Affordable Care Act
Blanca Robles
8. Contracting Strategies With Managed Care and Other Agencies
Robert J. Walsh
9. The Electronic Health Record and the Mental Health Professional
Robert James Campbell
10. Managing Risk in Ethical and Legal Situations
Sara P. Johnston, Vilia M. Tarvydas, and Maggie Butler
11. Professional Disclosure in Counseling
Lloyd R. Goodwin, Jr.
12. Clinical Supervision of Rehabilitation Counselors
James T. Herbert
SECTION C. CASE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTATION ISSUES
13. Conducting an Intake Interview
Gail Mears
14. Resource Brokering: Managing the Referral Process
William Crimando
15. How to Develop Treatment Plans
Gail Mears
16. Enhancing Client Return After the First Session, and Alternatively Dealing With Early Termination
Irmo Marini
17. Effective Use of Therapeutic Homework Assignments
Nancy A. Pachana and Nikolaos Kazantzis
18. Community-Based Rehabilitation: Context for Counseling
Michael J. Millington
SECTION D. MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING ISSUES
19. The Elephant in the Room: Cultural Distrust Directed at White Counselors
Euchay N. Horsman, Valerie J. Rodriguez, and Irmo Marini
20. The Native American Indian Client
Winona F. Simms
21. Multicultural Issues in Counseling African Americans
Chuck Reid
22. Multicultural Issues in Counseling Asian Americans
Dibya D. Choudhuri
23. Mental Health Counseling With Hispanics/Latinos: The Role of Culture in Practice
Maria G. Romero-Ramirez
24. Counseling Persons From Middle Eastern Backgrounds
Nathalie D. Mizelle
25. Counseling White Americans
Nathalie D. Mizelle
26. Cultural Issues in Counseling Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals
Angela D. Ferguson
27. Rural Mental Health Counseling
Adina J. Smith, Jill Thorngren, and John C. Christopher
28. Counseling Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Shawn P. Saladin
29. The Use of Multiracial Feminism Within Counseling
Leticia Arellano-Morales
SECTION E. COUNSELING THEORIES AND TECHNIQUES
30. Psychoanalysis
Nancy McWilliams
31. Basics of Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Arthur Freeman and Sharon E. Morgillo Freeman
32. Reality Therapy
Paul P. Alston
33. Existential–Humanistic Psychotherapy
Kirk J. Schneider
34. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Nando Pelusi
35. Behavior Therapy
Geoffrey L. Thorpe and Sandra T. Sigmon
36. Disability-Affirmative Therapy
Rhoda Olkin
37. Adlerian Therapy
Jon Carlson and Jean Johnson
38. Solution-Focused Brief Psychotherapy
Eva Miller and Irmo Marini
39. Motivational Interviewing
Grant Corbett
40. Gestalt Therapy
Philip Brownell
41. Feminist Therapy
Kathy M. Evans and Markesha Miller
SECTION F. CAREER COUNSELING AND HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
42. Historical Perspectives in Career Development Theory
David B. Hershenson
43. Occupational Choice and the Meaning of Work
Ellen S. Fabian
44. What Counselors Should Know About School-to-Work Transition
Paul H. Wehman and Jennifer Todd McDonough
45. Career Counseling Across the Life Span
Glacia Ethridge, David Burnhill, and Shengli Dong
46. Work, Careers, and Disability
Kim L. MacDonald-Wilson
47. Career Development Theories
Brian Hutchison and Spencer G. Niles
48. Key Concepts and Techniques for an Aging Workforce
Susanne M. Bruyère, Debra A. Harley, Charlene M. Kampfe, and John S. Wadsworth
SECTION G. ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS
49. What Counselors Should Know About Personality Assessments
Mary Louise Cashel
50. Understanding the Use of Aptitude Tests in Counseling
Suzanne M. Dugger
51. Diagnostic Assessment in Clinical Counseling
David B. Peterson
52. Understanding Mental and Physical Functional Capacity Evaluations
Irmo Marini
53. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health: Applications for Professional Counseling
David B. Peterson
54. What Counselors Should Know About Vocational Assessment and Evaluation
Steven R. Sligar and Stephen W. Thomas
SECTION H. COUNSELING COUPLES, FAMILIES, AND GROUPS
55. Family Assessment
Simone F. Lambert and JEMEG Dees
56. Guidelines in Counseling Families
Simone F. Lambert, Alfreda Renae Carmichael, and Lanada Williams
57. Effective Counseling With Couples
Nancy Newport
58. A Guide to Having a Healthy Family
Samuel T. Gladding
59. Theory and Practice of Counseling Families
Jessica E. Lambert and Robert A. Williams
60. Working With Individuals in Groups
Ed Jacobs and Christine J. Schimmel
61. Involuntary Members in a Group
Christine J. Schimmel, Ed Jacobs, and Jennifer R. Adams
62. Challenging Childhood Behaviors
Jeannie A. Golden
63. Counseling LGBTQ Families
Jeffrey F. Thomas
64. Counseling LGBTQ Couples and Partners
Joel M. Filmore, David Baretto, and Noel A. Ysasi
65. Counseling Families of Active Duty Military and Returning Veterans
Noel A. Ysasi, Irasema Silva, and Alicia D. Becton
SECTION I. COUNSELING SPECIFIC POPULATIONS
66. Counseling Individuals With Disabilities
Julie Smart
67. Psychiatric Disability: A Biopsychosocial Challenge
Gregory G. Garske
68. Sexual Abuse Treatment
Noreen M. Graf
69. Counseling Criminal Justice Clients
David J. Simourd
70. Disaster Mental Health Response and Stress Debriefing
Mark A. Stebnicki
71. Substance Abuse Assessment
Lloyd R. Goodwin, Jr.
72. Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
Lloyd R. Goodwin, Jr.
73. Counseling the Terminally Ill and Their Families
Kriss A. Kevorkian
74. Assistive Technology and Persons With Disabilities
Marcia J. Scherer
75. Counseling Issues in College Students
Perry C. Francis
76. School Violence: Prevalence, Impact, Assessment, and Intervention
JoLynn V. Carney
77. Military Counseling
Mark A. Stebnicki
78. Counseling Older Adults: Practical Implications
Eva Miller and Chuck Reid
79. Counseling Caregivers
Irmo Marini
80. Cultural and Clinical Issues When Working With Sexual Minorities of Color
Angela D. Ferguson
SECTION J. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN COUNSELING
81. Positive Psychology
Christopher Peterson and Nansook Park
82. From Empathy Fatigue to Empathy Resiliency
Mark A. Stebnicki
83. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Medications
Kimberly A. Williams and Melanie B. Varnado
84. Counselor Burnout
Ted F. Riggar
85. Religion and Spirituality in Counseling
Perry C. Francis
86. Counseling Persons With Chronic Pain
Carrie Winterowd and Winona F. Sims
87. Psychiatric Medicines: What Every Counselor Should Know
Norman L. Keltner and Joan S. Grant
88. Testifying Issues and Strategies as an Expert Witness
Irmo Marini
89. Social Justice and Counseling the Oppressed
William A. Ramsey and Irmo Marini
90. Integrative Approaches in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Foundations of Mind, Body, and Spirit
Mark A. Stebnicki
91. Evidence-Based Practice and Research in Rehabilitation Counseling
Fong Chan, John Keegan, Veronica Muller, Cahit Kaya, Susan Flowers, and Kanako Iwanaga
92. The Psychosocial Impact of Global Disasters
Mark A. Stebnicki and Irmo Marini
93. Counseling for Wellness
Laura R. Shannonhouse, Jane E. Myers, and Thomas J. Sweeney
Appendix A: Professional Counseling Associations and Organizations
Noel A. Ysasi, Mark A. Stebnicki, and Irmo Marini
Appendix B: Self-Study Examination for PCDR
Appendix C: Answer Key for Appendix B Self-Study Examination
Index
- Release Date: August 21, 2015
- Paperback / softback
- 736 Pages
- Trim Size: 8.5in x 11in
- ISBN: 9780826171818
- eBook ISBN: 9780826171825
