Dictionary of Counseling

This dictionary is the first to deal comprehensively with the history of counseling in the United States for the last 100 years and with the professional, ethical, and legal aspects of counseling. The introduction describes the development of counseling since 1900 in this country, defines the major theoretical approaches to counseling through the years, describes the counseling process and characterizes counseling approaches at different stages in a person's life, and talks about client and counselor relationships. The 279 entries that make up the main body of the book cover a broad range of terms, concepts, theories, approaches, strategies, key people and organizations, various types of groups and problems, and major issues. Internal cross-references between entries and a general index make this dictionary easily accessible for students, scholars, and practitioners in counseling in the fields of psychology and education. Short lists of important sources for further reading that accompany the different entries add to the usefulness of this research tool.

List of contents

Introduction
Dictionary of Entries
Index

About the author

DONALD A. BIGGS, Professor of Counseling Psychology, Educational Psychology, and Religious Studies at the State University of New York at Albany, has served as assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of Minnesota and as a consultant to various national and international organizations. His recent books with D. Blocher include Counseling Psychology in Community Settings (1983) and Foundations of Ethnical Counseling (1987).

Product details

• Authors: Donald A. Biggs, Biggs Donald A.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.1994
• EAN: 9780313283673
• ISBN: 978-0-313-28367-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 567 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; USA, REFERENCE / Dictionaries, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Dictionaries, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services, Current Events and Issues: Health and Medicine