Samuel T. Gladding, Wake Forest University
Published July, 1996 by Prentice Hall
Copyright 1997, 512 pp.
Cloth
ISBN 0-13-521923-X

KEY BENEFIT: Well-written and user-friendly, this scholarly new introduction for community counseling and other counseling courses provides a thorough presentation of all aspects of community/agency counseling--in a readable, accessible format.

KEY TOPICS: Coverage highlights the common experiences of community counselors and relates those experiences directly to book concepts.

     I. HISTORY AND FOUNDATIONS OF
     COUNSELING.
          1. A History of Community Counseling.
          2. The Effective Community Counselor: Personal,
          Educational, Theoretical, and Systemic Factor.
          3. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Counseling.

     II. COUNSELING WITH SPECIFIC POPULATIONS.
          4. Multicultural Counseling.
          5. Counseling with Children, Adolescents, and
          College Youth.
          6. Counseling Adults and the Aged.
          7. Gender-Specific Counseling.

     III. COUNSELING SPECIALTIES.
          8. Working with Groups.
          9. Marriage and Family Counseling.
          10. Mental Health, Addiction, and Employee
          Assistance Counseling.
          11. Career and Employment Counseling.
          12. Consultation.
          13. Assessment and the Use of Psychological Tests.
          14. Evaluation and Research in Counseling.
          15. Counseling and Creativity: Use of the Expressive
          Arts.
          16. Practical Aspects of Being A Community
          Counselor.
          Appendices: Ethical Standards of the American
          Counseling Association/DSM IV Classifications.
          Index.