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Visit sagepub.com to explore our complete catalog and for table of contents information. 21 TEXTBOOKS counseling & Psychotherapy: Skills & training pArT Of ThE SAgE COuNSEliNg AND prOfESSiONAl iDENTiTy SEriES becomIng A SkIlled counSelor Richard D. Parsons, West Chester University of Pennsylvania • Naijian J. M. Zhang, West Chester University of Pennsylvania This core text for counselor skill development prepares students with the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to be effective helpers. Parsons and Zhang explain the essentials of the counseling relationship, the dynamic and intentional nature of the helping process, the knowledge and skills necessary to facilitate change and the theories and research guiding the selection and application of interventions. Uniquely focused on the process of counseling, the authors' approach invites students to conceptualize clients using a fl uid and dynamic model rather than a linear, step-by-step process. KEy fEATurES • Specifi c CACREP competencies are addressed in each chapter. • Case Illustrations in each chapter profi le a variety of clients and sce- narios, providing in-depth verbatim transcripts of client/counselor dialogue. • Comprehensive Cases in the fi nal three chapters use dialogue and counselor refl ections to demonstrate the skills described in the previous chapters within an actual counseling session. • Guided Practice Exercises help students practice their counseling skills and develop their professional identity. • Learning Objectives, Keystones, and Recommended Resources help stu- dents check their skill mastery and explore concepts in more depth. • Video Demonstrations of counseling sessions show counseling skills in action. • Author Videos address common challenges students may encounter when taking this course. • From the Author's Chair features refl ections and insights from the authors on their views on counseling and their own professional identi- ties. CONTENTS SECTION I: COUNSELING A PROCESS AND A PROFESSION / 1. Counseling: Helping as a Professional Practice / 2. Helping – The Practice of Facilitating Change / SECTION II: THE ELEMENTS AND DYNAMICS OF COUNSELING / 3. The Counseling Relationship: A Unique Social Encounter / 4. Identifying the "What Is": Probing the Client's Issues / 5. Goal Setting: Identifying the "what is desired" / 6. Moving from "what is" to "what is desired" / 7. Practice Accountability: An ethical mandate and a practice necessity / SECTION III: COUNSELOR AS PROFESSIONAL / 8. Counselor Competence: An Ethical Precondition to Successful Intervention / 9. Care for the Counselor / 10. The Unfolding Professional Identity / Section IV: Applying what we Know / 11. Samantha – Finding it hard to say goodbye / 12. Jamal – The Gym Teacher's Concern / 13. Mrs. Ayame Hoshi… Feeling as Half of A Person PAPerbAck ISbn: 978-1-4522-0396-6 • ©2014 • 408 PAgeS • • diagnoSiS and treatment Planning SkillS: A Popular Culture Casebook Approach Second edition Alan M. Schwitzer, Old Dominion University • Lawrence C. Rubin, St. Thomas University The Second Edition of Alan M. Schwitzer and Lawrence C. Rubin's innovative text, Diagnosis and Treatment planning Skills: A popular Culture Casebook Approach, comprehensively addresses all the clinical thinking skills required in today's professional counseling settings. This new edition has been fully updated to accommodate DSM-5, covering everything from diagnosis to case conceptualization to treatment planning—all in one book. The interrelation and interplay of individual clinical tools are carefully explained throughout, and their application in contemporary clinical practice is presented in a clear and easy-to-understand format. The material is organized with paramount clarity, so as to promote optimal student comprehension in each individual skill, as well as offer a complete perspective to link concepts throughout. This book draws its ten engaging case examples from popular culture characters, giving both students and faculty a common ground on which to learn; the new edition has been streamlined further to serve as a truly ideal fi t within the framework of academic classes. NEw TO ThiS EDiTiON • Ten case illustrations fully updated for DSM-5 offer students the oppor- tunity to have access to an extensive caseload of their own. • The streamlined Second Edition makes an ideal fi t for academic courses. • Diversity is represented in cases within the contexts of age, gender, nationality, socio-economic status, ethnicity and culture. CONTENTS 1: Clinical Thinking Skills: Diagnosis, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment Planning / 2: Diagnosis: Understanding and Using the DSM-5 / 3: Case Conceptualization: Making Sense of the Client's Concerns / 4: Treatment Planning: Designing a Plan for Change / 5: Diagnosis, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment Planning: Ten Case Illustrations With DSM-5 Updates / Case 5.1 Japanese Anime's Naruto / Case 5.2 Vampire Anthology's Edward Cullen / Case 5.3 West Side Story's Maria / Case 5.4 Beauty and the Beast's Belle / Case 5.5 The Color Purple's Miss Celie / Case 5.6 Misery's Annie Wilkes / Case 5.7 The Cleveland Show's Cleveland Brown / Case 5.8 Will and Grace's Jack McFarland / Case 5.9 The Revolver Album's Eleanor Rigby / Case 5.10 Golden Girls' Sophia Petrillo PAPerbAck ISbn: 978-1-4833-4976-3 • june 2014 • 328 PAgeS Diagnosis & Treatment Planning Skills A Popular Culture Casebook Approach Alan M. Schwitzer & Lawrence C. Rubin SeConD eDiTion DSM-5 Update Alan M. Schwitzer NEW!