Professional counseling : a process guide to helping /
Harold L. Hackney, Syracuse University, Janine M. Bernard, Syracuse University.
- Eighth edition.
- xv, 296 pages ; 24 cm.
Revision of: Professional counselor / Harold L. Hackney, Sherry Cormier. 2013. 7th ed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. Conceptualizing Professional Counseling -- Chapter 2. The Language of Counseling -- Chapter 3. The Essential Structure of Counseling -- Chapter 4. Initiating and Maintaining a Working Relationship -- Chapter 5. Assessing Client Problems -- Chapter 6. Developing Counseling Goals -- Chapter 7. Defining Strategies and Selecting Interventions -- Chapter 8. Affective Interventions -- Chapter 9. Cognitive Interventions -- Chapter 10. Behavioral Interventions -- Chapter 11. Systemic Interventions -- Chapter 12. Termination and Evaluation -- Appendix A. Integrative Practice Exercises -- Appendix B. Forms and Guides for Use in Counseling Practice
Practical with a wealth of examples, this text shows readers to how to be effective counselors in each aspect of the counseling process. The Professional Counselor is organized, first and foremost, around the process of counseling—from the first session through termination. Individual chapters look at assessment, at goal setting, at treatment planning, and, finally, at termination. One of the key features that sets this text apart from a standard counseling process text is that it also examines and presents interventions from theoretical perspectives such as Affective Interventions, Cognitive Interventions, Behavioral Interventions, and Systemic Interventions (Chapters 8-11). As a result, interventions are presented not just as techniques, but they are rooted in theory and foundational theraputic perspectives.