Introduction to Counseling
Core Concepts and Meaningful Lessons for Beginners
(First Edition)
©2027, 376 pages
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Introduction to Counseling: Core Concepts and Meaningful Lessons for Beginners introduces students to the essentials of counseling theory, research, and practice with a focus on prose and content that is engaging, interesting, fun, and most importantly, personally relevant to their lives. The text is designed to inspire students and excite them about the prospects of helping others, as well as enjoying their future careers.
The concise, digestible chapters cover a variety of topics, including students’ initial concerns, doubts, and common fears related to entering the profession; how and why people make changes in their lives and how counseling helps; what characteristics make counselors truly exceptional; virtual and distance-based counseling options; relationships in the counselor’s own life; advocacy and making a difference with those most in need; expanded perspectives of cultural diversity; what counselors can learn from their clients; self-care strategies; and so much more.
Introduction to Counseling is a unique, vibrant, and exciting resource, an “untextbook” approach to preparing students for a career in counseling, human services, and the helping professions.
The concise, digestible chapters cover a variety of topics, including students’ initial concerns, doubts, and common fears related to entering the profession; how and why people make changes in their lives and how counseling helps; what characteristics make counselors truly exceptional; virtual and distance-based counseling options; relationships in the counselor’s own life; advocacy and making a difference with those most in need; expanded perspectives of cultural diversity; what counselors can learn from their clients; self-care strategies; and so much more.
Introduction to Counseling is a unique, vibrant, and exciting resource, an “untextbook” approach to preparing students for a career in counseling, human services, and the helping professions.
Jeffrey A. Kottler is one of the most prominent authors and presenters in the fields of counseling, psychotherapy, health, education, and advocacy. He has written over 100 books about a wide range of subjects. Jeffrey has been a counselor, therapist, supervisor, researcher, and educator for 50 years, having worked in preschool, middle school, mental health center, crisis center, hospital, medical school, refugee resettlement, nongovernmental organization (NGO), university, community college, private practice, and disaster relief settings. He is professor emeritus at California State University, Fullerton, and resides in Houston, Texas, as a base for his teaching, consulting, and travels.
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