Revised edition of the author's Introduction to counseling, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 566-625) and indexes.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- An overview of counseling and the counseling process -- An overview of counseling -- Professional preparation and ethical and legal issues -- The counseling process -- Assessment and diagnosis -- Counseling research and evaluation -- Multicultural counseling and counseling theories -- Developing a personal approach to counseling from a -- Multicultural perspective -- The classic theories of freud, adler, and jung -- Experiential theories and approaches -- Cognitive-behavioral theories -- Special approaches and settings -- Marriage and family counseling -- Child and adolescent counseling -- Group counseling -- Career counseling -- School counseling -- Mental health counseling -- References -- Name index -- Subject index.