Becoming a Community Counselor: Personal and Professional Explorations / Edition 1

by A. Renee Staton, A. Jerry Benson, Michele Kielty Briggs, Eric Cowan, Lennis G. Echterling

Overview

Designed as a first course for graduate students on a community counseling track, this text provides a practical introduction to the field and covers all the core competencies required by CACREP. Students learn about the challenges a counselor may face, including ethical dilemmas and the struggle to meet an increasing demand for mental health services for a diverse populationm, through personal accounts, structured activities, and practical hints from experienced counselors.A special feature, the Defining Moment, in each chapter provides an account of the struggles and triumphs of a practicing counselor. These insights, from counselors with a range of experience, help students realize the personal strengths and challenges they bring to the role of community counselor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780618370276
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	04/18/2006
Series:	Community and Agency Counseling Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

1. Putting Ourselves in Context: Professional, Community, and Personal Histories 2. Living the Life: Practical Realities of Community Counseling 3. Doing Good: Ethical and Legal Issues in Practice 4. Exploring the Counselor Within: The Facilitative Self 5. Experiencing Counseling: Concepts, Dynamics, and Change 6. Conceptualizing Clients: Individual Assessment 7. Viewing the Community Kaleidoscope: Embracing Diversity in Counseling 8. Responding to Change: Lifespan Development 9. Building on Strengths: Working with Groups 10. Discovering Options: Career Counseling 11. Expanding Our Knowledge Base: Research and Evaluation 12. Working Behind the Scenes: Consultation and Supervision