Orientation to the Counseling Profession

A comprehensive overview of the major tenets of the counseling profession, precisely aligned with the 2016 CACREP standards.

Current, innovative, and all encompassing, Orientation to the Counseling Profession: Advocacy, Ethics, and Essential Professional Foundations provides a wealth of information on the most foundational and emerging issues of the counseling profession. It is specifically designed to orient counselors-in-training, regardless of specialty area, to the profession of counseling. The title includes comprehensive coverage of the major tenets of the counseling profession including advocacy and multicultural counseling, licensure, professional associations, ethical/legal issues, crisis intervention, consultation, supervision, outcomes, research, and the counseling process, with diverse applications across the life span, settings, and specialties. Written in keeping with new counselor preparation initiatives, which expose counselors-in-training to essential current and future practices, it prepares students for the future of the counseling practice into which they are about to enter. New to this edition:

• A new chapter on crisis intervention;
• A thoroughly up-to-date presentation of counseling today including:
  • Alignment with the 2016 CACREP standards;
  • Coverage of current trends in counseling practice and professional orientation;
  • A look at key issues that need to be addressed by the counseling profession;
  • Discussion updates and recent applications of ACA and ASCA codes of ethics and Internet or distance counseling practices; and
  • Updated references, with nearly half more recent than 2010;
• An increased focus on wellness practices with the counseling profession.

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