Table of Contents

Preface.
1. Beginning of Counseling.
2. The Therapeutic Relationship.
3. Establishing Therapeutic Goals.
4. Understanding and Addressing Diversity.
5. Understanding and Working With Resistance.
6. Cognitive Focus in Counseling.
7. Emotive Focus in Counseling.
8. Behavioral Focus in Counseling.
9. An Integrative Perspective.
10. Working With Transference and Countertransference.
11. Understanding How the Past Influences the Present and the Future.
12. Working Toward Decisions and Behavior Change.
13. Evaluation and Termination.
References and Suggested Readings.

About the Author

Gerald Corey is Professor Emeritus of Human Services and Counseling at California State University at Fullerton. He received his doctorate in counseling from the University of Southern California. He is a Diplomate in Counseling Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology; a licensed psychologist; and a National Certified Counselor. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 17, Counseling Psychology; and Division 49, Group Psychotherapy); a Fellow of the American Counseling Association; and a Fellow of the Association for Specialists in Group Work. Both Jerry and Marianne Corey received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Mental Health Counselors Association in 2011, and both also received the Eminent Career Award from ASGW in 2001. Dr. Corey was given the Outstanding Professor of the Year Award from California State University at Fullerton in 1991. He regularly teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in group counseling and ethics in counseling. He is the author or coauthor of 15 textbooks in counseling currently in print, along with more than 60 journal articles and book chapters. In the past 40 years Jerry and Marianne Corey have conducted group counseling training workshops for mental health professionals at many universities in the United States as well as in Canada, Mexico, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Germany, Belgium, Scotland, England, and Ireland.

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Preface. 1. Beginning of Counseling. 2. The Therapeutic Relationship. 3. Establishing Therapeutic Goals. 4. Understanding and Addressing Diversity. 5. Understanding and Working With Resistance. 6. Cognitive Focus in Counseling. 7. Emotive Focus in Counseling. 8. Behavioral Focus in Counseling. 9. An Integrative Perspective. 10. Working With Transference and Countertransference. 11. Understanding How the Past Influences the Present and the Future. 12. Working Toward Decisions and Behavior Change. 13. Evaluation and Termination. References and Suggested Readings.