Author(s): Steven D. Brown (Editor), Robert W. Lent
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 29 April 2008
Edition: 4th
Language: English
Print length: 656 pages
ISBN-10: 0470096225
ISBN-13: 9780470096222
Book Description
This completely revised and updated Fourth Edition of the Handbook of Counseling Psychology 4th Edition presents a cross-disciplinary survey of the entire field?combining a scholarly review of important areas of counseling psychology with current and insightful analyses of topics. The new edition equips you with a leading resource containing the latest information on the prevention and treatment of vocational, educational, and personal adjustment problems.
Editorial Reviews
From the Inside Flap
The Bestselling Reference on Counseling Psychology in Clinical and Educational Settings
This completely revised and updated Fourth Edition of the Handbook of Counseling Psychology 4th Edition presents a cross-disciplinary survey of the entire field—combining a scholarly review of important areas of counseling psychology with current and insightful analyses of topics that are influencing the practice of counseling psychology today.
Based on the results of extensive surveys conducted through the membership of the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association, this edition has been updated to reflect the field’s current breadth and vigor, drawing specific suggestions for practice that derive from the scholarly literature in counseling psychologyand related disciplines.
With contributions from leading figures in counseling psychology, the Fourth Edition contains new chapters covering the most current information and important emerging professional trends including:
APA ethical standards
Managed care and prescription privileges
The growing use of technology in research, assessment, and counseling
The international growth of counseling psychology
Social justice issues
Positive psychology
Multicultural psychology
Counseling/supervision process and outcome
Vocational psychology
Prevention and development
The Fourth Edition of this classic volume equips both practicing counseling psychologists and students with a leading resource containing the latest information on the prevention and treatment of vocational, educational, and personal adjustment problems.
From the Back Cover
The Bestselling Reference on Counseling Psychology in Clinical and Educational Settings
This completely revised and updated Fourth Edition of the Handbook of Counseling Psychology 4th Edition presents a cross-disciplinary survey of the entire field―combining a scholarly review of important areas of counseling psychology with current and insightful analyses of topics that are influencing the practice of counseling psychology today.
Based on the results of extensive surveys conducted through the membership of the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association, this edition has been updated to reflect the field’s current breadth and vigor, drawing specific suggestions for practice that derive from the scholarly literature in counseling psychologyand related disciplines.
With contributions from leading figures in counseling psychology, the Fourth Edition contains new chapters covering the most current information and important emerging professional trends including:
APA ethical standards
Managed care and prescription privileges
The growing use of technology in research, assessment, and counseling
The international growth of counseling psychology
Social justice issues
Positive psychology
Multicultural psychology
Counseling/supervision process and outcome
Vocational psychology
Prevention and development
The Fourth Edition of this classic volume equips both practicing counseling psychologists and students with a leading resource containing the latest information on the prevention and treatment of vocational, educational, and personal adjustment problems.
About the Author
Steven D. Brown, PhD, is a professor of counseling psychology at Loyola University in Chicago.
Robert W. Lent, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Counseling and Personnel Services at the University of Maryland, College Park. Both editors are Fellows of the Society of Counseling Psychology and editors of Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work (Wiley). They developed, along with Gail Hackett, social cognitive career theory and have written widely on important topics in counseling and vocational psychology.