Introduction to Counseling: Voices from the Field

Book excerpt: INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELING, Seventh Edition provides students with a comprehensive overview of the counseling profession while encouraging them to examine the day-to-day realities of being a counselor and their motivation for choosing the profession. Coverage includes information on what counseling is, as well as its history, theoretical orientations, applications, and professional issues. As students become engaged in the process of learning and applying counseling concepts, they get an unparalleled look at what their professional futures may hold. In addition, Voices from the Field sections in each chapter offer further insight into the real challenges faced by experienced practitioners counselors, as well as the ways those challenges were resolved. A new set of videos available on DVD bring many of these topics to life. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.