A Brief Orientation to Counseling

Professional Identity, History, and Standards

Edward Neukrug (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2016 | 2nd edition
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-305-66905-5 (ISBN)

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A BRIEF ORIENTATION TO COUNSELING provides the unique knowledge and skills you need as you begin your journey toward building an identity as a professional counselor. Neukrug clearly and concisely addresses 13 critical areas related to Professional Orientation and Ethical Practice that will form the foundation for your success in practice. Along the way, he provides real-world advice, vignettes to reflect upon, experiential activities, and case studies that will help you prepare for a career in the helping professions.

Dr. Ed Neukrug is the Batten Endowed Chair of Counseling in the Department of Counseling and Human Services at Old Dominion University. As the author of 13 books and dozens of articles and book chapters, his works have been read by thousands of counseling and human services students and professionals. A leader in several counseling and human services associations, he has helped steer the fields toward the future. In addition, Dr. Neukrug was the architect of the original ethics code of the National Association of Human Services (NOHS) and served in a variety of capacities for professional associations. He has several open-access, free websites which focus on learning of counseling theories, understanding one's view of human nature, oral histories of well-known theorists and more. His commitment to, and work in, the counseling and human services professions has been unwavering. Dr. Neukrug has received numerous awards for his work, including twice receiving the President's award from NOHS, and receiving the American Counseling Association's (ACA) Fellow's designation and Publications Award. He is also the Executive Director of the International Institute for the Advancement of Counseling Theory (IIACT). You can view his works, open access websites and accomplishments at www.counselingbooksetc.com, https://sites.wp.odu.edu/eneukrug/, and at www.odu.edu/IIACT.

Part I: PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY OF THE COUNSELOR.
1. What Is Counseling and Who Is the Counselor.
2. Professional Associations in Counseling and Related Fields.
3. Characteristics of the Effective Counselor.
Part II: HISTORY AND CURRENT TRENDS IN THE COUNSELING PROFESSION.
4. Predecessors to the Counseling Profession: From Antiquity to Early Social Work, Psychology, and Psychiatry.
5. History of the Counseling Profession.
6. Current Issues and Future Trends in the Counseling Profession.
Part III: STANDARDS IN THE COUNSELING PROFESSION.
7. Accreditation in Counseling and Related Fields.
8. Credentialing in Counseling and Related Fields.
9. Ethics in Counseling.
10. Multicultural Counseling and Social Justice Work: The Fourth and Fifth Forces.
Afterword: Applying to Graduate School and Finding a Job.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2016
Verlagsort	Belmont, CA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	200 x 10 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-305-66905-3 / 1305669053
ISBN-13	978-1-305-66905-5 / 9781305669055
Zustand	Neuware