The professional counselor's desk reference

A brief history of counseling and specialty areas of practice / Michael J. Leahy, Eniko Rak, Stephen A. Zanskas The roles and functions of professional counselors / Julie Chronister, Chih Chin Chou, Fong Chan What practitioners need to know about professional credentialing / Vilia M. Tarvydas, Michael T. Hartley Clinical supervision for developing counselors / Dawn C. Brislin, James T. Herbert Tools and strategies for developing your own counseling private practice / Norman C. Dasenbrook, Robert J. Walsh New concepts in counseling ethics / David Kaplan A synopsis of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act / Blanca Robles Contracting strategies with managed care and other agencies / Robert J. Walsh, Norman C. Dasenbrook Computerized practice resource tools / Joshua Rosenthal Managing risk in ethical and legal situations / Vilia M. Tarvydas, Sara P. Johnston Professional disclosure in counseling / Lloyd R. Goodwin, Jr. Conducting an intake interview / Gail Mears Resource brokering: managing the referral process / William Crimando How to develop treatment plans / Gail Mears Enhancing client return after the first session, and alternatively dealing with early termination / Irmo Marini Effective use of therapeutic homework assignments / Nancy A. Pachana, Nikolaos Kazantzis Community resources used in counseling / Martha H. Chapin The elephant in the room: cultural distrust directed at white counselors / Euchay N. Horsman, Valerie J. Rodriguez, Irmo Marini The Native American Indian client / Winona F. Simms Multicultural issues in counseling African Americans / Chuck Reid Multicultural issues in counseling Asian-Americans / Dibya D. Choudhuri Mental health counseling with Hispanics/Latinos: the role of culture in practice / Maria G. Romero Counseling persons from Middle Eastern backgrounds / Nathalie D. Mizelle Counseling white Americans / Nathalie D. Mizelle Cultural issues in counseling lesbians, gays, and bisexuals / Angela D. Ferguson Rural mental health counseling / Adina J. Smith, Jill Thorngren, John C. Christopher Counseling persons who are deaf or hard of hearing / Shawn P. Saladin Psychoanalysis / Nancy McWilliams Basics of cognitive behavior therapy / Arthur Freeman, Sharon E. Morgillo Freeman

Reality therapy / Paul P. Alston Existential-humanistic psychotherapy / Kirk J. Schneider Rational emotive behavior therapy / Nando Pelusi Behavior therapy / Geoffrey L. Thorpe, Sandra T. Sigmon The use of multiracial feminism within counseling / Leticia Arellano-Morales Disability-affirmative therapy / Rhoda Olkin Adlerian therapy / Jon Carlson, Jean Johnson Brief psychotherapy / Eva Miller, Irmo Marini Motivational interviewing / Grant Corbett Gestalt therapy / Philip Brownell Historical perspectives in career development theory / David B. Hershenson Occupational choice and the meaning of work / Ellen S. Fabian What counselors should know about school-to-work transition / Paul H. Wehman, Jennifer Todd McDonough Career counseling across the life span / Glacia Ethridge, David Burnhill, Shengli Dong Work, careers, and disability / Kim L. MacDonald-Wilson Career development theories / Brian Hutchison, Spencer G. Niles Key concepts and techniques for an aging workforce / Susanne M. Bruyère ... [et al.] What counselors should know about personality assessments / Mary Louise Cashel Understanding the use of aptitude tests in counseling / Suzanne M. Dugger Understanding how to use the DSM-IV-TR / Eva Miller Understanding mental and physical functional capacity evaluations / Irmo Marini The International Classification of Functioning, Disability & Health (ICF): applications for professional counseling / David B. Peterson What counselors should know about vocational assessment and evaluation / Steven R. Sligar, Stephen W. Thomas Family assessment / Simone F. Lambert Guidelines in counseling families / Simone F. Lambert Effective counseling with couples / Nancy Newport A guide to having a healthy family / Samuel T. Gladding Theory and practice of counseling families / Jessica E. Lambert, Robert A. Williams Working with individuals in groups / Ed Jacobs, Chris J. Schimmel Involuntary members in a group / Chris J. Schimmel, Ed Jacobs, Jennifer R. Adams Challenging childhood behaviors / Jeannie A. Golden Counseling individuals with disabilities / Julie Smart Psychiatric disability: a biopsychosocial challenge / Gregory G. Garske Counseling criminal justice clients / David J. Simourd Sexual abuse treatment / Noreen M. Graf Disaster mental health response and stress debriefing / Mark A. Stebnicki Substance abuse assessment / Lloyd R. Goodwin, Jr. Treatment for substance use disorder / Lloyd R. Goodwin, Jr.

Counseling the terminally ill and their families / Kriss A. Kevorkian

Assistive technology and persons with disabilities / Marcia J. Scherer

Counseling issues in college students / Perry C. Francis

School violence: prevalence, impact, assessment and treatment / JoLynn V. Carney

Services for PTSD and poly-trauma service members and veterans / Debra A. Harley

Counseling older adults: practical implications / Eva Miller, Chuck Reid

Positive psychology / Christopher Peterson, Nansook Park

Empathy fatigue in the counseling profession / Mark A. Stebnicki

Empathy fatigue: assessing risk factors and cultivating self-care / Mark A. Stebnicki

Counselor burnout / Ted F. Riggar

Religion and spirituality in counseling / Perry C. Francis

Counseling persons with chronic pain / Carrie Winterowd, Wendy Sims

Psychiatric medicines: what every counselor should know / Norman L. Keltner, Joan S. Grant

Testifying issues and strategies as an expert witness / Irmo Marini

Appendix A: Professional counseling associations and organizations

Appendix B: Self-study exam for PCDR

Apendix C: Answer key for self-study exam for PCDR.