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• NEW - Strong emphasis on subjects highlighted by CACREP—Throughout the material, especially in new and revised chapters.

  • Ensures students leave the course understanding the accepted standards of their chosen profession—readies them to meet the expectations of both their employers and their clients.

• NEW - A thoughtful epilogue—Addressing ways to manage stress and avoid “burnout.”

  • Acknowledges the emotional aspects of being a community counselor—provides welcome ideas for maintaining a healthy distance from clients' problems while still being of help to them.

• NEW - Two new chapters—Addressing assessment and diagnosis, crisis intervention, prevention, advocacy, and program evaluation.

  • Provide significantly more material on the roles and functions of community counselors than in the previous edition—help students identify specific areas of interest and/or venues in which they might like to work.

• NEW - Expanded chapters on counseling diverse populations and the variety of community counseling settings.

  • Familiarize readers with the full spectrum of community counseling settings and clients—help them grasp the importance of adapting to the needs of particular populations and the demands of the specific environment in which they practice.

• NEW - An extensively revised and expanded chapter on counseling children and adolescents—With specific coverage of developmental issues, contextual factors, and prevalent influences on youth.

  • Introduces students to numerous aspects of counseling that are unique to these populations—gives them insight into specific concerns, including depression, eating disorders, ADHD, divorce, and abuse.

• Personal narratives contributed by community counseling professionals—Throughout the text.

  • Present written “snapshots” of community counseling “as it happens”—show students the kinds of situations and clients they can expect to encounter in professional counseling settings.

New To This Edition

• Strong emphasis on subjects highlighted by CACREP—Throughout the material, especially in new and revised chapters.

  • Ensures students leave the course understanding the accepted standards of their chosen profession—readies them to meet the expectations of both their employers and their clients.

• A thoughtful epilogue—Addressing ways to manage stress and avoid “burnout.”

  • Acknowledges the emotional aspects of being a community counselor—provides welcome ideas for maintaining a healthy distance from clients' problems while still being of help to them.

• Two new chapters—Addressing assessment and diagnosis, crisis intervention, prevention, advocacy, and program evaluation.

  • Provide significantly more material on the roles and functions of community counselors than in the previous edition—help students identify specific areas of interest and/or venues in which they might like to work.

• Expanded chapters on counseling diverse populations and the variety of community counseling settings.

  • Familiarize readers with the full spectrum of community counseling settings and clients—help them grasp the importance of adapting to the needs of particular populations and the demands of the specific environment in which they practice.

• An extensively revised and expanded chapter on counseling children and adolescents—With specific coverage of developmental issues, contextual factors, and prevalent influences on youth.

  • Introduces students to numerous aspects of counseling that are unique to these populations—gives them insight into specific concerns, including depression, eating disorders, ADHD, divorce, and abuse.

Table of Contents

I. HISTORICAL AND PROFESSIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNITY COUNSELING.

II. ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNITY COUNSELORS.

III. WORKING WITH SPECIFIC POPULATIONS.

IV. COMMUNITY COUNSELING PRACTICE: SETTINGS AND SERVICES.

Next Edition(s)

• Clinical Mental Health Counseling in Community and Agency Settings, 3/E
  Gladding & Newsome
  ©2010  |  Merrill  |  Paper; 480 pp  |  Instock
  ISBN-10: 013173587X  |  ISBN-13: 9780131735873
  Suggested retail price: $121.60  Buy from myPearsonStoreNet price: $91.20  (What's this?)Brief Description  | 

  

  The third edition of this user-friendly yet scholarly text addresses the recently revised Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Programs (CACREP) standards, giving students in CACREP-accredited programs the benefit of reading a text that addresses the standards more completely. At the same time, the text provides the same comprehensive coverage of all aspects

  of clinical mental health counseling in a number of environments while adding expanded coverage of counseling men and women, holistic approaches to counseling, and counselor settings.  

   

  After an insightful introduction to the foundation of the discipline, the authors examine the many roles and functions clinical mental health counselors perform, the variety of settings in which they work, and how that work differs from one client population to another. Emerging issues and trends in the field are explained and explored, while first-person narratives throughout the text illustrate specific challenges and opportunities associated with particular areas of expertise, giving students a real-world look into their future profession.

   

  In the third edition, an even wider range of material is covered in regards to counseling specific populations, assessment and diagnosis, and emerging influences. Unlike many other texts in the field, Clinical Mental Health Counseling in Community and Agency Settings covers more and more diverse material and addresses the clinical mental health counseling profession as a whole rather than focusing specifically the community counseling profession. As mentioned above, the updated CACREP standards, which merge the community and mental health counseling tracks into one track–clinical mental health counseling–are addressed.

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Author Bios

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

In 1999, he was cited as being in the top 1 percent of contributors to the Journal of Counseling and Development for the 15-year period, 1978-1993. Some of Gladding's most recent books are: The Counseling Dictionary (2001), Family Therapy: History, Theory, & Process (3rd ed.) (2002), Becoming a Counselor: The Light, the Bright, and the Serious (2002), Group Work: A Counseling Specialty (4th ed.) (2003), and Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession (5th ed.) (2004).

Dr. Gladding is a National Certified Counselor (NCC), a Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC), and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in North Carolina. He is married to the former Claire Tilison and the father of three children—Benjamin, Nathaniel, and Timothy. In his spare time, he enjoys swimming, playing tennis, writing poetry, and reading humor.

Deborah W. Newsome is an assistant professor in the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She also works as an adjunct clinician at a not-for-profit counseling center, where she counsels children, adolescents, and their families. She has authored and coauthored several book chapters and journal articles and currently is secretary of the Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education (RACE). Her research interests focus on adolescents' career development, family interactions, and academic achievement.

Dr. Newsome received a Ph.D. in counseling and counselor education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is a National Certified Counselor (NCC), a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and a Licensed School Counselor (LSC) in North Carolina. She and her husband, David Newsome, have two teenagers-David and Jennifer. In addition to writing, teaching, counseling, and supervising, Dr. Newsome enjoys running, reading, and playing the flute.

Allyn & Bacon Helping Professions SuperSite for Counseling
Allyn & Bacon
©2003  |  Merrill  |  On-line Supplement  |  Live
ISBN-10: 0205394302  |  ISBN-13: 9780205394302
This online resource is available at no cost at http://www.ablongman.com/helpingprofessions.
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Career Counseling: Work in Progress DVD
Greenwood, Amundson & Niles
©2006  |  Merrill  |  DVD  |  Instock
ISBN-10: 0131920014  |  ISBN-13: 9780131920019
Suggested retail price:  $20.80    Buy from myPearsonStoreNet price: $15.60  (What's this?)More Info

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