Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession (Merrill Counseling)

ISBN: 013446060X

Author: Gladding, Samuel

Condition: New

Note: This is the bound book only and does not include access to MyLab Counselingwith Pearson eText. To order MyLab Counseling with Pearson eText packaged with the bound book, use ISBN 0134055667.The most readable, practical, comprehensive overview of the roles and responsibilities of the professional counselor available-updated and improved to meet the needs of todays counselors.Long respected as the most comprehensive guide to the counseling profession available, Samuel Gladdings text continues to emphasize counseling as a profession and counseling as an identity, while focusing on the roles and responsibilities of the professional counselor. Designed to ensure students get a head start in preparing for the professional challenges they will face in their futures as effective counselors, the book includes the latest research from counseling journals and other professional resources to show clearly the challenges of the profession that lie ahead. The new edition of the text contains an even stronger emphasis on counseling as a profession and counseling as an identity, along with new or expanded sections on wellness, trauma, social justice, theories, process, multiculturalism, diversity, rehabilitation, motivational interviewing, bullying, microaggression, international counseling, addiction, abuse, and ethical and legal issues within the counseling profession. This text is even more equipped to help students prepare for professional challenges and a lifetime as an effective counselor than ever before.Also available with MyLab CounselingThis title is also available with MyLab Counseling-an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with the text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students see key concepts demonstrated through video clips, practice what they learn, test their understanding, and receive feedback to guide their learning and ensure they master key learning outcomes.