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With fully integrated DSM-5 criteria and current CACREP standards, this text examines case conceptualization and effective treatments across the most common disorders encountered in counseling. The comprehensive approach helps readers develop their professional identities as well as their case conceptualization and intervention skills. Each chapter blends current theory and research with case illustrations and guided practice exercises to anchor the material in real-world application. Using an innovative new Temporal/Contextual (T/C) Model, the book provides an easy-to-apply and practical framework for developing accurate and effective case conceptualizations and treatment plans. Case Conceptualization and Effective Interventions is part of the SAGE Counseling and Professional Identity Series, which targets specific competencies identified by CACREP (Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Programs). To learn more about each text in the series, please visit www.sagepub.com/cpiseries.
A Journey Into the Profession
A Journey Into the Profession
Introduction
Counselors tend to be “doers.” Most of us who enter the field do so in hopes of providing assistance to people to help them live fuller and more productive lives (e.g., Katy, whose case we presented in the Preface). But, what does it mean to help someone as a counselor? How is the process of helping different for counselors than for the many other people who also value making a difference in people’s lives, such as physicians, attorneys, social workers, psychologists, nurses, volunteers, and clergy? What is the nature of the profession, and what is our role as professional counselors?
To be effective in the profession of counseling, we need to understand not only the ...
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