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"[U]ndergraduates, graduate students, and new counselors will find this a valuable tool....This unique volume is a greate addition for college and university libraries....Summing up: Highly recommended. " --Choice "An excellent resource for the counseling student as well as the practicing counselor. It is well-written and comprehensive without being overwhelming. A must for every counselor's and future counselor's library!" "I found the chapters to be well-written, organized in a clear manner, and presented in a balanced way.This is a reference work that people will want to keep." The Professional Counselor's Desk Reference (PCDR) is the first resource of its kind, serving as an authoritative guide for both pre-professionals working towards counselor licensure and certification, as well as seasoned counselors, counselor educators, clinical supervisors, psychologists, and social workers. Drs. Marini and Stebnicki present this quick, user-friendly desk reference guide based on the core content and knowledge areas outlined in both the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP) and Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) accreditation standards. With contributions from 95 experts in counselor education, research, and practice, this book includes:
This invaluable reference guide is the most current source related to professional counseling issues, ethics, theories, and practices. Marini and Stebnicki provide a wide range of culturally diverse treatment approaches that will expand the counseling profession's knowledge, awareness, and skills. |
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| Table of Contents Dedications Preface Introduction The Identity of Professional Counselors 1 A Brief History of Counseling and Specialty Areas of Practice 2 The Roles and Functions of Professional Counselors 3 What Practitioners Need to Know About Professional Credentialing 4 Clinical Supervision for Developing Counselors Professional, Ethical, and Practice Management Issues in Counseling 5 Tools and Strategies for Developing Your Own Counseling Private Practice 6 New Concepts in Counseling Ethics 7 A Synopsis of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 8 Contracting Strategies with Managed Care and Other Agencies 9 Computerized Practice Resource Tools 10 Managing Risk in Ethical and Legal Situations 11 Professional Disclosure in Counseling Case Management and Consultation Issues 12 Conducting an Intake Interview 13 Resource Brokering: Managing the Referral Process 14 How to Develop Treatment Plans 15 Enhancing Client Return after the First Session, and Alternatively Dealing with Early Termination 16 Effective Use of Therapeutic Homework Assignments 17 Community Resources Used in Counseling Multicultural Counseling Issues 18 The Elephant in the Room: Cultural Distrust Directed at White Counselors 19 Multicultural Issues with Native Americans 20 Multicultural Issues in Counseling African Americans 21 Multicultural Issues in Counseling Asian-Americans 22 Mental Health Counseling with Hispanics/Latinos: The Role of Culture in Practice 23 Counseling Persons from Middle Eastern backgrounds 24 Counseling White Americans 25 Cultural Issues in Counseling Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals 26 Rural Mental Health Counseling 27 Counseling Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Counseling Theories and Techniques 28 Psychoanalysis 29 Basics of Cognitive Behavior Therapy 30 Reality Therapy 31 Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy 32 Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy 33 Behavior Therapy 34 The Use of Multiracial Feminism within Counseling 35 Disability-Affirmative Therapy 36 Adlerian Therapy 37 Brief therapy 38 Motivational Interviewing 39 Gestalt Therapy Career Counseling, Human Growth and Development 40 Career Development Theories 41 Occupational Choice and the Meaning of Work 42 What Counselors Should Know about School to Work Transition 43 Career Counseling across the Lifespan 44 Work, Careers, and Disability 45 Career Development Theory 46 Key Concepts and Techniques for an Aging Workforce Assessment and Diagnosis 47 What Counselors Should Know about Personality Assessments 48 Understanding the Use of Aptitude Tests in Counseling 49 Understanding How to Use the DSM-IV-TR 50 Understanding Mental and Physical Functional Capacity Evaluations 51 The International Classification of Functioning, Disability & Health (ICF): Applications for Professional Counseling 52 What Counselors Should Know about Vocational Assessment & Evaluation Counseling Couples, Families, and Groups 53 Family Assessment 54 Guidelines in Counseling Families 55 Effective Counseling with Couples 56 A Guide to Having a Healthy Family 57 Theory and Practice of Counseling Families 58 Working with Individuals in Groups 59 Involuntary Members in a Group 60 Challenging Childhood Behaviors Counseling Specific Populations 61 Counseling Individuals with Disabilities 62 Psychiatric Disability: A Biopsychosocial Challenge 63 Counseling Criminal Justice Clients 64 Sexual Abuse Treatment 65 Disaster Mental Health Response and Stress Debriefing 66 Substance Abuse Assessment 67 Treatment for Substance Use Disorder 68 Counseling the Terminally Ill and Their Families 69 Assistive Technology and Persons with Disabilities 70 Counseling Issues in College Students 71 School Violence: Prevalence, Impact, Assessment and Treatment 72 Services for PTSD and Poly-Trauma Service Members and Veterans 73 Counseling Older Adults: Practical Implications Contemporary Issues in Counseling 74 Positive Psychology 75 Empathy Fatigue in the Counseling Profession 76 Empathy Fatigue: Assessing Risk Factors and Cultivating Self-Care 77 Counselor Burnout 78 Religion and Spirituality in Counseling 79 Counseling Persons with Chronic Pain 80 Psychiatric Medicines: What Every Counselor Should Know 81 Testifying Issues and Strategies as an Expert Witness References Appendix A: Professional Counseling Associations and Organizations Appendix B: Multiple Choice Self-Study Questions | |||||||||
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Dr. Irmo Marini, is Professor and Graduate Coordinator in the Department of rehabilitation in the College of Health Sciences and Human Services at the University of Texas Pan-American in Edinburg, Texas. He coordinates a graduate program in Rehabilitation Counseling. He received his Ph.D. in Rehabilitation at Auburn University and a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology from Lakehead University, in Thunder Bay, Canada. He has national certifications as Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) and a Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP). Dr.Marini is on the editorial boards of several rehabilitation counseling journals and has over 60 journal and book chapter publications. He also writes a quarterly column for the Psychosocial Process, the official journal of the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers. He is the recipient of four outstanding faculty awards in scholarship and two in teaching. Dr. Marini is former Chair of the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification, the national certifying body of over 16,000 Rehabilitation Counselors in the US and Canada, and is current President of the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association. Dr. Marini owns and operates Marini & Associates forensic rehabilitation consultants specializing in vocational assessments and life care planning in legal cases involving personal injuries. Dr. Mark Stebnicki is a Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Counseling at East Carolina University. He holds a doctoral degree in rehabilitation counseling (PhD) and is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in North Carolina and has national certifications as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC); Certified Case Manager (CCM). He is also certified by the Washington, D.C.-based crisis response team National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) and North Carolina's American Red Cross Disaster Mental Health crisis team. Dr. Stebnicki is also a Reiki Master practitioner in the Usui Reiki Ryoho tradition. He has over 18 years experience working with adolescents and adults with mental health issues and acquired chronic health conditions. Dr. Stebnicki is an active teacher, researcher, and practitioner who has written four books: The Professional Counselors' Desk Reference (November 2008, Springer Publishing), Empathy Fatigue: Healing the Mind, Body, and Spirit of Professional Counselors (May 2008, Springer Publishing), What is Adolescent Mental Health?: Helping Disconnected and at-Risk Youth to Become Whole (December 2007, Mellen Press), and Youth at-Risk: Foundations of Adolescent Mental Health and Resiliency (2005). He has written over 25 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and has presented state-wide and nationally at over 65 conferences, seminars, and workshops, on topics that range from youth violence, traumatic stress, empathy fatigue, and the psychosocial aspects of adults with chronic illnesses and disabilities. | |||||||||
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