Counseling Psychology

The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of the theory, the methods, and the application of the individual-study approach in psychology.

This practical book helps readers provide effective mental, emotional, and behavioral health services to clients across the continuum of care, from health promotion through long-term treatment and remediation.

Provides a global exchange of information about counseling activities and services; counselor training; and existing professional practices, beliefs, and values.

Intent of this revision is to deal quite fully with late and significant developments and to condense still further in what follows the history of the emergence of counseling psychology from the general psychological field.

This volume focuses on how the efforts of counseling psychologists can foster and build optimal human strength and well-being.

Focuses on the history, issues, challenges, and opportunities for the counseling profession worldwide.

Text guides helping professionals in the use of ethical decision-making processes as the foundation for ethical approaches to counseling and psychotherapy.

This volume provides a clear and readable history of the development of psychological thought in the field of counseling psychology.

Introduces research through a model of collaborative and experiential learning, with training exercises, student reflections, further reading, practical guidance on how to complete a thesis or dissertation, study skills and tips on how to use research supervision and dissemination.

The book is an applied, accessible text, providing a dialogue between the psychological basis of person-centred therapy and its application within real world.

Provides concrete information on historical developments in the field as a whole, on training requirements and paths, on careers and domains of practice, and on the kinds of tasks and challenges that practitioners deal with in different settings.

Provides a striking balance of the rich history of the counseling specialty and a thorough articulation of the professional practice domains conducted by the counseling psychology specialist.