Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter
1 Counseling: An Overview
2 Counseling Psychology
3 Vocational Guidance
4 Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Cognitive
5 Psychological Assessment
6 Maintain Creative and Critical Thinking
7 Techniques and Therapies
8 Multiculturalism as an Approach to Counselling
9 Philosophical Counselling
10 The Politics of Counselling: Empowerment, Control and Difference
11 The Counselling Relationship
12 Morals, Values and Ethics in Counselling Practice

Counseling is a type of talking therapy that allows a person to talk about their problems and feelings in a confidential and dependable environment. Counseling has been important seemingly since the dawn of society. From parents and grandparents advising other family members to community leaders providing guidance to residents, counseling seems to have always been a natural part of the human experience. As people became more mobile during the Industrial Revolution and began migrating to cities, they became separated from traditional counselors in their families and communities. A lack of knowledge on how to address mental illness resulted in the isolation of many people in psychiatric hospitals and asylums. With the advent of modern psychiatry, both medical professionals and society at large began to embrace the idea of psychiatric health and counseling. Today, there is growing acceptance of the need for help for mental health issues, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which can afflict both returning veterans and the general population.

College of Education Graduate Studies Master of Arts in Education major in Guidance and Counseling

In English