Description: Each chapter begins with a series of provocative questions (advanced organizers) and concludes with "Summary," "Questions and Activities," "Recommended Readings," and "Web Sites." Preface. I. WHO THE COUNSELOR IS. Welcome: What to Expect. 1. Focus on the Counselor. Why Do People Become Counselors? Differences between Effective and Ineffective Helpers. Describing the Effective Counselor. Who the Counselor Is. A Wholistic Wellness Model. What the Counselor Can Do. What the Counselor Knows. Helping as a Way of Life. Social Responsibility. Counselor Education. 2. Focus on the Problems of Becoming and Being a Counselor: Stress Management and the Prevention of Burnout. Stress and Burnout Defined. Causes of Burnout in Counselor Training. Causes of Counselor Burnout. Stress Management. 3. Focus on a Career in the Helping Professions. The Changing Structure of the Field. The Mental Health Field Hierarchy. Credentialing. The Market for Counselors. Professionalism. What Type of Career Choice Should a Prospective Counselor Make? Guidelines for Selecting a Counseling Specialty. 4. Responsibilities of Counselors: Ethical, Legal, and Social. Confidentiality. Professional Limits. Sexual Conduct. Ethical Principles. Legal Issues. The Responsibility of the Counselor in the Greater Society. II. WHAT THE COUNSELOR CAN DO. 5. Focus on the Helping Relationship. How People Become Clients. Multicultural Concerns. Additional Characteristics of Clients. The Therapeutic Alliance. The Helping Process. 6. Focus on Developing Response/Ability: The Learning of Counseling Skills, Part I. The Counseling Relationship - Core Conditions. Stage I - Attending Skills. Stage II - Exploration Skills. 7. Focus on Developing Response/Ability: The Learning of Counseling Skills, Part II. Stage III - Understanding. Mutually Agreed-On Problem - End of Understanding Stage. Stage IV - Action. Stage V - Termination. 8. Focus on Using Skills: Conducting a Counseling Session. Setting the Stage: The Environment. Counselor Characteristics and Behaviors. Conducting the First Session. III. WHAT THE COUNSELOR KNOWS. Professional Orientation. 9. The Origins and Scope of the Field of Counseling, and Current Trends. Origins. The Field of Counseling. Types of Clients. Current Trends Influencing the Field of Counseling. New Roles and Goals for the Counselor. 10. Focus on Theory in the Practice of Counseling. What Is a Theory? Why Have a Theory? Major Theoretical Approaches. Eclectic Approaches. Developing a Personal Approach to Theory. 11. Focus on Selected Theoretical Approaches to Counseling and Psychotherapy. Psychoanalysis. Adlerian Counseling. Person-Centered Counseling. Gestalt Therapy. Transactional Analysis. Cognitive-Behavioral Counseling. Brief Therapy Approaches. Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy. Transpersonal Counseling. Wholistic Counseling. 12. Focus on Group Work. Origins of Group Work. Basic Types of Groups. Group Counselor Competencies. Why Work with Groups? Therapeutic Forces in Groups. Stages of Group Development. Leadership Styles a

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