Counseling psychology /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gelso, Charles J., 1941- (Author)
Group Author: Williams, Elizabeth Nutt; Fretz, Bruce R., 1939-
Published: American Psychological Association,
Publisher Address: Washington, D.C. :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Third edition.
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Carrier Form: xvi, 648 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-625) and index.
ISBN: 9781433817113 :
143381711X
Index Number: BF636
CLC: B849
Call Number: B849/G321/3rd ed.
Contents: I. The scope and goals of counseling psychology 1. An introduction to counseling psychology -- 2. History of counseling psychology -- 3. Ethical values of counseling psychologists -- APA Ethics Code -- Illustrations of unethical behaviors -- Ethical dilemmas -- Implementing ethical decisions --
II. The science of counseling psychology -- 4. Research strategies and paradigms of counseling psychologists -- The "scientist" part of the scientist-practitioner model -- Investigative styles -- Qualitative research methodologies -- 5. Vocational theory and research -- Addressing the developmental needs of the whole person -- 6. Diversity and social justice -- Race and ethnicity -- Sex and gender -- Sexual orientation -- Social justice in counseling psychology -- 7. Working with strengths -- Positive psychology and counseling psychology -- Levels of theory and research on positive experiences, strength and optimal functioning -- Strength-based interventions -- Counseling psychology and health -- Counseling health psychology -- 8. Analyzing the techniques, processes, and outcomes of counseling and psychotherapy -- Process research and the techniques of counseling --
III. The practice of counseling psychology -- 9. The therapeutic relationship -- Facilitative conditions and the therapy relationship -- Relationship components, facilitative conditions, and the therapeutic process -- 10. Science and practice of assessment -- Pros and cons of testing and assessment -- Standards for all assessment techniques -- Psychological tests -- Using assessment : meeting the challenges of industrialized health care -- Clinical judgment in psychological assessment -- Communicating assessment results -- 11. The psychodynamic approach -- The first Freudian and the beginnings of psychoanalysis -- Psychodynamic interventions -- The four psychologies of psychoanalysis -- Brief psychodynamic therapy : an approach for counseling psychologists -- The psychodynamic approach in perspective -- 12. The cognitive-behavioral approach -- Basic approaches and assumptions of behavioral cognitive treatments -- 13. The third force : the humanistic-experiential approach -- Humanistic assumptions about human beings, counseling, and science -- The person-centered therapy of Carl Rogers -- Fritz Perls and Gestalt therapy -- 14. Feminist multicultural counseling : integration and cultural competence in a changing world -- Feminist therapy -- Multicultural counseling -- Integration of theories and cultural competence -- Development of practice guidelines for the profession -- 15. Career psychology : theories and interventions -- Foundations in career theory -- Career counseling interventions -- Indecisiveness : the ultimate career counseling challenge -- Career counseling and psychotherapy : fusion, diffusion, and confusion -- 16. Beyond the individual : group, couple, and family therapy -- Group counseling and therapy --Therapeutic group work -- Group leadership -- Stages of therapeutic groups -- Therapeutic factors in group work -- Ethical issues in therapeutic group work -- Family and couple interventions -- Key assumptions and concepts of family and couples therapy : systems theory -- Classic theoretical approaches to couple and family therapy -- Couple and family therapy in a postmodern world -- Group, couple, and family counseling in perspective --
IV. Careers in counseling psychology -- 17. Training and professional issues in counseling psychology -- Training, job settings, and activities -- How do you become a counseling psychologist? -- Postdoctoral training, licensure, and beginning your career.