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Introduction to Counseling and Guidance » (7th Edition)

Book cover image of Introduction to Counseling and Guidance by Robert L. Gibson

Authors: Robert L. Gibson, Marianne H. Mitchell
ISBN-13: 9780131738218, ISBN-10: 0131738216
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: July 2007
Edition: 7th Edition

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Author Biography: Robert L. Gibson

Book Synopsis

The seventh edition of Gibson & Mitchell's Introduction to Counseling and Guidance retains its logical progression of topics, while introducing the latest technologies, concepts, and applications in the counselor's repertoire. As they have in previous editions, the authors present practical examples and discussions of all of the major facets of counseling in a wide variety of counselors' work settings. The authors include a thorough treatment of techniques of assessment, including an overview of standardized testing and discussion of subjective approaches to appraisal—observation, self-reporting, and others. And they give the vital topics of program evelopment/management and legal/ethical issues their due, by giving them their own chapters. For professionals in the field of counseling.

Booknews

New edition of an undergraduate counseling text. Describes the historical perspectives and current activities of counselors, the role and function of counselors in several settings, the major techniques utilized by counselors, multi-cultural considerations in counseling, the organization of counseling programs, and relevant legal and ethical guidelines. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1Historic Perspectives1
Ch. 2What Do Counselors Do?24
Ch. 3Where Counselors Work42
Ch. 4Individual Counseling135
Ch. 5Group Techniques for Counselors181
Ch. 6Multicultural Counseling210
Ch. 7Human Assessment for Counseling226
Ch. 8Counseling for Career Planning and Decision Making304
Ch. 9The Counselor as Developmental and Educational Consultant351
Ch. 10Prevention and Wellness366
Ch. 11Counseling Program Development and Management381
Ch. 12Counseling and Technology421
Ch. 13Ethical and Legal Guidelines431
App. ANational Standards for School Counseling Programs443
App. BThe Role of the Professional School Counselor445
App. CPosition Statement: Child Abuse446
App. DAmerican Counseling Association Multicultural/Diversity Agenda448
App. ERust Statement Revised (AACD/AMECD Policy Statement) Responsibilities of Users of Standardized Tests450
App. FACA Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice457
App. GAmerican Psychological Association Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct473
App. HCode of Ethics of the American Mental Health Counselors Association 2000 Revision491
App. IAAMFT Code of Ethics504
App. JNBCC's Code of Ethics510
App. KPublic Law 93-380: Protection of the Rights and Privacy of Parents and Students - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974516
App. LAmerican School Counselor Association, the School Counselor and Comprehensive School Counseling Programs519
App. MOnline Practice Standards521
App. NThe Practice of Internet Counseling523
App. OCareer Counseling Competencies527
References532
Author Index547
Subject Index550

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