Full Description
The first edition of this seminal book appeared more than twenty years ago and was acknowledged as the first comprehensive overview of counseling psychology.
This long-anticipated new edition has been thoroughly updated to serve a new generation of undergraduate and graduate students, and all readers who want to know more about the field. It has been skillfully reorganized to clearly present the history of the field, its foundational principles and practices, its relationship to other psychological disciplines, and its four primary therapeutic approaches-psychoanalytic, cognitive amp ndash behavioral, humanistic, and feminist multicultural.
Contents
Preface
I. The Scope and Goals of Counseling Psychology
An Introduction to Counseling Psychology
History of Counseling Psychology
Ethical Values of Counseling Psychologists
II. The Science of Counseling Psychology
Research Strategies and Paradigms of Counseling Psychologists
Vocational Theory and Research: Milestones and New Frontiers
Diversity and Social Justice
Working With Strengths: Counseling Psychology's Calling
Analyzing the Techniques, Processes, and Outcomes of Counseling and Psychotherapy
III. The Practice of Counseling Psychology
The Therapeutic Relationship
Science and Practice of Assessment
The Psychodynamic Approach
The Cognitive amp ndash Behavioral Approach
The Third Force: The Humanistic amp ndash Experiential Approach
Feminist Multicultural Counseling: Integration and Cultural Competence in a Changing World
Career Psychology: Theories and Interventions
Beyond the Individual: Group, Couple, and Family Therapy
IV. Careers in Counseling Psychology
Training and Professional Issues in Counseling Psychology
References
Index
About the Authors
