Table of Contents

Contents
Contributors


Foreword Gerald Corey, EdD


A Tribute to Jane E. Myers: A Pioneer in Wellness and a Leader in the Counseling Profession Thomas J. Sweeney, PhD, LPC


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction


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SECTION A. THE IDENTITY OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS


1. A Brief History of Counseling and Specialty Areas of Practice


Michael J. Leahy, Eniko Rak, and Stephen A. Zanskas


2. The Roles and Functions of Professional Counselors


Julie Chronister, Chih-Chin Chou, and Fong Chan


3. What Practitioners Need to Know About Professional Credentialing


Vilia M. Tarvydas, Michael T. Hartley, and Michael Gerald


4. Clinical Supervision Within Counseling Practice


James T. Herbert


SECTION B. PROFESSIONAL, ETHICAL, AND PRACTICE MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN COUNSELING


5. Tools and Strategies for Developing Your Own Counseling Private Practice


Norman C. Dasenbrook


6. Raising the Bar: New Concepts in the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics


David M. Kaplan


7. A Synopsis of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Affordable Care Act


Blanca Robles


8. Contracting Strategies With Managed Care and Other Agencies


Robert J. Walsh


9. The Electronic Health Record and the Mental Health Professional


Robert James Campbell


10. Managing Risk in Ethical and Legal Situations


Sara P. Johnston, Vilia M. Tarvydas, and Maggie Butler


11. Professional Disclosure in Counseling


Lloyd R. Goodwin, Jr.


12. Clinical Supervision of Rehabilitation Counselors


James T. Herbert


SECTION C. CASE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTATION ISSUES


13. Conducting an Intake Interview


Gail Mears


14. Resource Brokering: Managing the Referral Process


William Crimando


15. How to Develop Treatment Plans


Gail Mears


16. Enhancing Client Return After the First Session, and Alternatively Dealing With Early Termination


Irmo Marini


17. Effective Use of Therapeutic Homework Assignments


Nancy A. Pachana and Nikolaos Kazantzis


18. Community-Based Rehabilitation: Context for Counseling


Michael J. Millington


SECTION D. MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING ISSUES


19. The Elephant in the Room: Cultural Distrust Directed at White Counselors


Euchay N. Horsman, Valerie J. Rodriguez, and Irmo Marini


20. The Native American Indian Client


Winona F. Simms


21. Multicultural Issues in Counseling African Americans


Chuck Reid


22. Multicultural Issues in Counseling Asian Americans


Dibya D. Choudhuri


23. Mental Health Counseling With Hispanics/Latinos: The Role of Culture in Practice


Maria G. Romero-Ramirez


24. Counseling Persons From Middle Eastern Backgrounds


Nathalie D. Mizelle


25. Counseling White Americans


Nathalie D. Mizelle


26. Cultural Issues in Counseling Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals


Angela D. Ferguson


27. Rural Mental Health Counseling


Adina J. Smith, Jill Thorngren, and John C. Christopher


28. Counseling Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing


Shawn P. Saladin


29. The Use of Multiracial Feminism Within Counseling


Leticia Arellano-Morales


SECTION E. COUNSELING THEORIES AND TECHNIQUES


30. Psychoanalysis


Nancy McWilliams


31. Basics of Cognitive Behavior Therapy


Arthur Freeman and Sharon E. Morgillo Freeman


32. Reality Therapy


Paul P. Alston


33. Existential–Humanistic Psychotherapy


Kirk J. Schneider


34. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy


Nando Pelusi


35. Behavior Therapy


Geoffrey L. Thorpe and Sandra T. Sigmon


36. Disability-Affirmative Therapy


Rhoda Olkin


37. Adlerian Therapy


Jon Carlson and Jean Johnson


38. Solution-Focused Brief Psychotherapy


Eva Miller and Irmo Marini


39. Motivational Interviewing


Grant Corbett


40. Gestalt Therapy


Philip Brownell


41. Feminist Therapy


Kathy M. Evans and Markesha Miller


SECTION F. CAREER COUNSELING AND HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT


42. Historical Perspectives in Career Development Theory


David B. Hershenson


43. Occupational Choice and the Meaning of Work


Ellen S. Fabian


44. What Counselors Should Know About School-to-Work Transition


Paul H. Wehman and Jennifer Todd McDonough


45. Career Counseling Across the Life Span


Glacia Ethridge, David Burnhill, and Shengli Dong


46. Work, Careers, and Disability


Kim L. MacDonald-Wilson


47. Career Development Theories


Brian Hutchison and Spencer G. Niles


48. Key Concepts and Techniques for an Aging Workforce


Susanne M. Bruyère, Debra A. Harley, Charlene M. Kampfe, and John S. Wadsworth


SECTION G. ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS


49. What Counselors Should Know About Personality Assessments


Mary Louise Cashel


50. Understanding the Use of Aptitude Tests in Counseling


Suzanne M. Dugger


51. Diagnostic Assessment in Clinical Counseling


David B. Peterson


52. Understanding Mental and Physical Functional Capacity Evaluations


Irmo Marini


53. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health: Applications for Professional Counseling


David B. Peterson


54. What Counselors Should Know About Vocational Assessment and Evaluation


Steven R. Sligar and Stephen W. Thomas


SECTION H. COUNSELING COUPLES, FAMILIES, AND GROUPS


55. Family Assessment


Simone F. Lambert and JEMEG Dees


56. Guidelines in Counseling Families


Simone F. Lambert, Alfreda Renae Carmichael, and Lanada Williams


57. Effective Counseling With Couples


Nancy Newport


58. A Guide to Having a Healthy Family


Samuel T. Gladding


59. Theory and Practice of Counseling Families


Jessica E. Lambert and Robert A. Williams


60. Working With Individuals in Groups


Ed Jacobs and Christine J. Schimmel


61. Involuntary Members in a Group


Christine J. Schimmel, Ed Jacobs, and Jennifer R. Adams


62. Challenging Childhood Behaviors


Jeannie A. Golden


63. Counseling LGBTQ Families


Jeffrey F. Thomas


64. Counseling LGBTQ Couples and Partners


Joel M. Filmore, David Baretto, and Noel A. Ysasi


65. Counseling Families of Active Duty Military and Returning Veterans


Noel A. Ysasi, Irasema Silva, and Alicia D. Becton


SECTION I. COUNSELING SPECIFIC POPULATIONS


66. Counseling Individuals With Disabilities


Julie Smart


67. Psychiatric Disability: A Biopsychosocial Challenge


Gregory G. Garske


68. Sexual Abuse Treatment


Noreen M. Graf


69. Counseling Criminal Justice Clients


David J. Simourd


70. Disaster Mental Health Response and Stress Debriefing


Mark A. Stebnicki


71. Substance Abuse Assessment


Lloyd R. Goodwin, Jr.


72. Treatment for Substance Use Disorders


Lloyd R. Goodwin, Jr.


73. Counseling the Terminally Ill and Their Families


Kriss A. Kevorkian


74. Assistive Technology and Persons With Disabilities


Marcia J. Scherer


75. Counseling Issues in College Students


Perry C. Francis


76. School Violence: Prevalence, Impact, Assessment, and Intervention


JoLynn V. Carney


77. Military Counseling


Mark A. Stebnicki


78. Counseling Older Adults: Practical Implications


Eva Miller and Chuck Reid


79. Counseling Caregivers


Irmo Marini


80. Cultural and Clinical Issues When Working With Sexual Minorities of Color


Angela D. Ferguson


SECTION J. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN COUNSELING


81. Positive Psychology


Christopher Peterson and Nansook Park


82. From Empathy Fatigue to Empathy Resiliency


Mark A. Stebnicki


83. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Medications


Kimberly A. Williams and Melanie B. Varnado


84. Counselor Burnout


Ted F. Riggar


85. Religion and Spirituality in Counseling


Perry C. Francis


86. Counseling Persons With Chronic Pain


Carrie Winterowd and Winona F. Sims


87. Psychiatric Medicines: What Every Counselor Should Know


Norman L. Keltner and Joan S. Grant


88. Testifying Issues and Strategies as an Expert Witness


Irmo Marini


89. Social Justice and Counseling the Oppressed


William A. Ramsey and Irmo Marini


90. Integrative Approaches in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Foundations of Mind, Body, and Spirit


Mark A. Stebnicki


91. Evidence-Based Practice and Research in Rehabilitation Counseling


Fong Chan, John Keegan, Veronica Muller, Cahit Kaya, Susan Flowers, and Kanako Iwanaga


92. The Psychosocial Impact of Global Disasters


Mark A. Stebnicki and Irmo Marini


93. Counseling for Wellness


Laura R. Shannonhouse, Jane E. Myers, and Thomas J. Sweeney


Appendix A: Professional Counseling Associations and Organizations


Noel A. Ysasi, Mark A. Stebnicki, and Irmo Marini


Appendix B: Self-Study Examination for PCDR


Appendix C: Answer Key for Appendix B Self-Study Examination


Index

About the Author

Irmo Marini, PhD, DSc, CRC, CLCP, is professor in the School of Rehabilitation at the University of Texas–Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas. He obtained his PhD in rehabilitation from Auburn University and a master's degree in clinical psychology from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He is a 2009 recipient of the National Council on Rehabilitation Education's Distinguished Career Award in rehabilitation education, and 2010 recipient of the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association's James F. Garrett Distinguished Career Award in rehabilitation research. In 2012, Dr. Marini was bestowed an honorary Doctor of Science (honoris causa) from his alma mater Lakehead University and was the recipient of the 2013 National Council on Rehabilitation Education's Educator of the Year award. In 2015, he was the recipient of the Patricia McCollom Distinguished Career Award in life care planning research, and in 2022 the Outstanding Educator of the Year Award with the International Academy of Life Care Planners.

Mark A. Stebnicki, PhD, LPC, DCMHS, CRC, CCM, CCMC is a Professor and Coordinator of the Military and Trauma Counseling Certificate Program he developed in the Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Services at East Carolina University.