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Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession, 5/E
Samuel T. Gladding, Wake Forest University

ISBN-10: 0130494704
ISBN-13: 9780130494702

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 560 pp
Published: 04/16/2003

Core text for Introduction to Counseling/Psychotherapy, or for the survey course in Counseling.

Once a profession dedicated to guiding people to make wise decisions, counseling has evolved into a dynamic, multidimensional discipline—a comprehensive profession. This text encompasses all that counseling is today—addressing the history of counseling and the theory behind its practice; exploring the multicultural, ethical, legal environments in which counselors operate; and examining the variety of skills today's counselors are expected to exhibit. In addition, six chapters are dedicated to specific populations with whom counselors work and professional arenas in which they practice.

This product accompanies:
Gladding, Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession, 6/E

NEW - Thorough revision of all of the material—Includes up-to-date references to contemporary theorists, trends, and challenges in the field.
- Ensures students learn the current best practices and the most recently-adopted theories—prepares them to practice in today's settings, with the most recent tools and information.

NEW - Incorporation of multicultural and gender issues throughout the material—Broadens the scope of the text.
- Gives students significant insight into the ways in which such issues affect varying populations and situations.

NEW - Emphasis on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV-TR) categories—Woven throughout the text and highlighted in an appendix.
- Prepares future counselors for the “nitty-gritty” of diagnosis—addresses the stringent requirements of documentation demanded by third party payers.

NEW - The coverage of counseling theories has been reduced from four chapters to two.
- Provides a succinct overview appropriate to the survey course.

NEW - Paperback—For the first time this market leader is available in paperback.
- Offers a reduced price to the student.

Accompanying video, Basic Counseling Skills —Demonstrates specific techniques of professional counselors.
- Puts students into the “chair” of the professional counselor—allows them to experience common counseling situations and watch professionals in action.

Recommendation as a key resource for certification.
- Teaches students what they need to know to be licensed.

Thorough revision of all of the material—Includes up-to-date references to contemporary theorists, trends, and challenges in the field.
- Ensures students learn the current best practices and the most recently-adopted theories—prepares them to practice in today's settings, with the most recent tools and information.

Incorporation of multicultural and gender issues throughout the material—Broadens the scope of the text.
- Gives students significant insight into the ways in which such issues affect varying populations and situations.

Emphasis on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV-TR) categories—Woven throughout the text and highlighted in an appendix.
- Prepares future counselors for the “nitty-gritty” of diagnosis—addresses the stringent requirements of documentation demanded by third party payers.

The coverage of counseling theories has been reduced from four chapters to two.
- Provides a succinct overview appropriate to the survey course.

Paperback—For the first time this market leader is available in paperback.
- Offers a reduced price to the student.

I. HISTORICAL AND PROFESSIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF COUNSELING.

1. History of and Trends in Counseling.

2. Personal and Professional Aspects of Counseling.

3. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Counseling.

4. Counseling in a Multicultural and Diverse Society.

II. COUNSELING PROCESS AND THEORIES.

5. Building a Counseling Relationship.

6. Working in a Counseling Relationship.

7. Termination of Counseling Relationships.

8. Psychoanalytic, Adlerian, and Humanistic Theories of Counseling.

9. Behavioral, Cognitive, Systemic, Brief, and Crisis Theories of Counseling.

III. CORE COUNSELING ACTIVITIES IN VARIOUS SETTINGS.

10. Groups in Counseling.

11. Consultation.

12. Evaluation and Research.

13. Testing, Assessment, and Diagnosis in Counseling.

IV. COUNSELING SPECIALTIES.

14. Career Counseling over the Life Span.

15. Marriage and Family Counseling.

16. Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School Counseling.

17. College Counseling and Student-Life Services.

18. Substance Abuse and Disability Counseling.

19. Mental Health and Community Counseling.

Appendixes.

A: Ethical Standards of the American Counseling Association.

B: Ethics NBCC: The Practice of Internet Counseling.

C: DSM-IV-TR Classification.

D: Counseling-Related Organizations.

Name Index.

Subject Index.

Introduction to Counseling (Counseling)

Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession, 6/E
Gladding
©2009 | Merrill | Paper; 600 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0132434563 | ISBN-13: 9780132434560
Net price: $84.00 (What's this?)Brief Description

The sixth edition of Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession, likes it predecessors, covers every major topic in the counseling field, e.g., history, theory, practice, specialties, current trends, and does so in a very readable and interesting style. The book is developmental in nature and leads the reader logically and smoothly from one important area to another. The chapters are illustrated and up-to-date with the most recent research in the field. This book is often used by students as the main source in studying for the National Counselor Exam (NCE). It is considered the "gold standard" by which other books in the field are judged since it has been the best-selling book in this area of counseling for 20 years.

Author Bios

Samuel T. Gladding is a professor of counselor education and director of the counselor education program at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has been a practicing counselor in both public and private agencies since 1971. His leadership in the field of counseling includes service as president of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW), Chi Sigma Iota (counseling academic and professional honor society international) and the American Counseling Association (ACA).

Gladding is the former editor of the Journal for Specialists in Group Work and the author of over 100 professional publications. In 1999, he was cited as being in the top 1% of contributors to the Journal of Counseling and Development for the 15-year period, 1978-1993. Some of Gladding's other recent books are: Community and Agency Counseling (with Debbie Newsome) (2nd ed., 2004); Group Work: A Counseling Specialty (4th ed., 2003); Family Therapy: History, Theory, & Process (3rd ed.,2002); Becoming a Counselor. The Light, The Bright, and the Serious (2002); The Counseling Dictionary (2001); and The Creative Arts in Counseling (2nd ed., 1998).

Gladding's previous academic appointments have been at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Fairfield University (Connecticut). He received his degrees from Wake Forest, Yale, and the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. He is a National Certified Counselor (NCC), a Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC), and a Licensed Professional Counselor (North Carolina). Gladding is a former member of the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling and of the Research and Assessment Corporation for Counseling (RACC). He is also a Fellow in Association for Specialists in Group Work.

Dr. Gladding is married to the former Claire Tillson and is the father of three children—Ben, Nate, and Tim. Outside of counseling, he enjoys tennis, swimming, and humor.

Companion Website - Gladding, 5/E
Gladding
©2004 | Merrill | On-line Supplement; 0 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130494836 | ISBN-13: 9780130494832

Instructor's Manual/Test Bank, 5/E
Gladding
©2007 | Merrill | Paper; 130 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130494828 | ISBN-13: 9780130494825
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Companion Website - Gladding, 5/E
Gladding
©2004 | Merrill | On-line Supplement; 0 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130494836 | ISBN-13: 9780130494832

For Introduction to Counseling

Demonstration Video for Psychotherapy with the Experts Video Series
Carlson & Kjos
©1998 | Merrill | Video | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205289215 | ISBN-13: 9780205289219
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For the Counseling Discipline

Allyn & Bacon Digital Media Archive CD-ROM for Education, 2001 Edition
Allyn & Bacon
©2001 | Merrill | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205319602 | ISBN-13: 9780205319602
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Allyn & Bacon Helping Professions SuperSite for Counseling
Allyn & Bacon
©2003 | Merrill | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205394302 | ISBN-13: 9780205394302

Career Counseling: Work in Progress DVD
Greenwood, Amundson & Niles
©2006 | Merrill | DVD | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131920014 | ISBN-13: 9780131920019
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Counseling Theories CD-ROM
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©2005 | Merrill | CD-ROM Only; 0 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131173944 | ISBN-13: 9780131173941
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Scenarios in Counseling: Guided Interactive Practice in Understanding Ethical and Legal Issues, CD-ROM
Herlihy, Remley, Garry & Garry
©2005 | Merrill | CD-ROM Only | Out of Stock
ISBN-10: 0131176102 | ISBN-13: 9780131176102
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Companion Website - Gladding, 5/E
Gladding
©2004 | Merrill | On-line Supplement; 0 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130494836 | ISBN-13: 9780130494832

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