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Vacc, Nicholas A.; Loesch, Larry C. – 2000
Since its inception, the counseling profession has continuously developed a positive identity among the helping professions. This situation appears to be the result of advancements in counselor credentialing, improved counselor preparation standards, greater governmental and other third-party payer recognition of counselors' competencies, and more…
Descriptors: Accountability, Competence, Counseling, Counselor Certification
Osipow, Samuel H.; Fitzgerald, Louise F. – 1996
This book describes and assesses the major theories of career choice and related research. The following are among the topics examined: history of vocational and career psychology (historical foundations; psychoanalytic conceptions of career choice; the Ginzberg, Ginsburg, Axelrad, and Herma theory; Tiedeman's developmental theory; recent history…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Roysircar, Gargi; Arredondo, Patricia; Fuertes, Jairo N.; Ponterotto, Joseph G.; Toporek, Rebecca L. – 2003
This book updates earlier Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD) multicultural counseling competencies (MCC). Each chapter author particularizes definitions and/or conceptualizations of multicultural competencies to the topic of his or her chapter. The present document operationalizes the MCC into practice examples,…
Descriptors: Competence, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Training
Kaplan, David M. – 2003
This chapter addresses the issue of when counselors should suggest to their clients that their family members should become involved in the counseling process. Family systems theory and its application are reviewed, with a special focus on issues involving communication, problem solving, family roles, and boundaries. Family systems theory is a…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Family Communication, Family Counseling
Dixon, Charlotte G., Ed.; Emener, William G., Ed. – 1999
The purpose of this book is to attempt to forecast the future of professional counseling as it transitions into the next millennium. It is designed to help professional counselors understand and prepare for future changes in the profession of counseling. Understanding the rationale and observable predictors of anticipated changes meaningfully…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Services, Counselor Training, Cultural Pluralism
Meinert, Roland; Pardeck, John T.; Kreuger, Larry – 2000
This book provides a critical examination of the major issues that social work education and practice must confront if social work is to remain as a mainline profession. The book explores issues that are not normally covered in social work literature, such as the challenge of reconstructing the social work profession, the use of technology in…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Curriculum Development, Educational Principles, Higher Education
Wubbolding, Robert E. – 2000
This book serves as a comprehensive and practical guide to reality therapy, and extends its principles and practices beyond the initial descriptions. A central theme of this edition is that reality therapy is a method inherently designed for the exigencies of the 21st century. It contains 22 types of self-evaluations counselors can use to shorten…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Coping, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories
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Beck, Amy – NACADA Journal, 1999
Uses chaos theory as a metaphor for advising undecided college students. Applies chaos theory concepts of dependence on initial conditions, strange attractors, emergent behavior in complex systems, and fractals to the advising relationship. Suggests the paradigm reinforces the basics of advising, such as the importance of accepting the student's…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Chaos Theory, Decision Making, Faculty Advisers
Olsen, David C. – 1987
The rapid increase in literature and modalities of family therapy has made it difficult for counselors working with families to find an integrative approach to assessment and treatment planning. As a result, many counselors move from one paradigm to another without attempting to integrate approaches. This paper attempts to integrate five paradigms…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Developmental Stages, Evaluation Methods, Existentialism
Chu, James A., Ed.; Bowman, Elizabeth S., Ed. – 2002
This book examines the effects of childhood trauma--including sexual abuse--on sexual orientation and behavior. It is directed at helping counselors expand their sensitivity and expertise in a critically important way: by providing a nonjudgmental look at the profound effects of long-standing early abuse on the sexual identities, orientation,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Theories, Counselor Client Relationship
London, Lorna H., Ed. – 2002
This book is devoted to interventions that help to make a difference in the lives of children. Children have many challenges, some of which cannot be addressed effectively during the school day. The role of community psychologists has become increasingly important in helping to meet the social and emotional needs of children. This book presents…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Childhood Needs, Children, Community Services
1999
This document presents knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are needed for achieving and practicing the competencies listed in Addiction Counseling Competencies, as written by the National Curriculum Committee of the Addiction Technology Transfer Center Program. The document is intended to provide guidance for the professional treatment of…
Descriptors: Addiction, Competence, Counseling, Counseling Techniques
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Frazier, Patricia A.; Tix, Andrew P.; Barron, Kenneth E. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2004
The goals of this article are to (a) describe differences between moderator and mediator effects; (b) provide nontechnical descriptions of how to examine each type of effect, including study design, analysis, and interpretation of results; (c) demonstrate how to analyze each type of effect; and (d) provide suggestions for further reading. The…
Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Structural Equation Models, Data Analysis, Mediation Theory
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Ward, Kelly – Journal of Teaching in the Addictions, 2003
Resiliency is the ability to cope in the face of adversity. One protective factor that promotes resiliency in substance-abusing dysfunctional families is family rituals and traditions. Social workers and substance abuse counselors can teach family members how to instill resiliency in their families and themselves through rituals and traditions. To…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Substance Abuse, Social Work, Personality Traits
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Reardon, Robert; Bullock, Emily – NACADA Journal, 2004
John Holland's typological theory of persons and environments is regarded as the most influential in the field of career counseling (Brown, 2002), but few have carried the theory over to the field of higher education and academic advising (Smart, Feldman, & Ethington, 2000). Therefore, Holland's theory and the subsequent research on it were…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Faculty Advisers, Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers
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