Clinical Experiences in Counseling

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Matching Goals, Developing Skills, and Getting the Most Out of Clinical Placements / Bradley T. Erford --
Preview --
Beginning Your Clinical Experience --
Differentiating Between the Goals and Objectives of Practicum and Internship --
Practicum --
Internship --
Helpful Things to Know as You Start Your Field Placement --
Working with a Multidisciplinary Team --
Knowing and Matching Your Helper Assets with Your Preferred Setting and Population --
Where are You Heading? Certification, Licensure, and Employment --
The American Counseling Association --
The National Board of Certified Counselors --
State Certification and Licensure --
Summary --
ch. 2 The Supervision Process / Lindy K. Parker --
Preview --
Your Roles as a Clinician and a Supervisee: Where the Student and Professional Align --
Your Role as a Counseling Practicum Student and Intern --
On-Site Supervision and Your Site Supervisor's Role. Contents note continued: University Supervision and What You Can Expect --
Developing Positive Relationships with Your Supervisors --
Developing Learning Goals with Your Supervisors --
Supervision Versus Counseling --
Barriers to Effective Supervision --
Learning from Different Philosophies and Theoretical Orientations: Growing and Changing --
Making Case Presentations --
Summary --
ch. 3 The Many Details of a First Impression / Jeannine R. Studer --
Preview --
The Beginning: Starting with Your Clients --
Focusing on Relationship Dynamics --
Responding Skills --
Advanced Responding Skills --
Advanced Challenging Skills --
Intake Session/Interview --
Reviewing Informed Consent --
Confidentiality --
What to Do with Parents and Guardians in the Initial Session --
Gathering Information and Client History --
Psychosocial History --
Mental Status Exam --
Understanding the Client's Issues --
Diagnosis --
Treatment Planning --
Developing a Treatment Plan --
Identifying the Problem. Contents note continued: Defining the Problem --
Developing Goals --
Developing Objectives --
Selecting Interventions --
Diagnosis --
An Example Treatment Plan --
Summary --
ch. 4 Integrating Theory into Practice / Ann Vernon --
Preview --
The Significance of Theory --
Ethics of Applying Counseling Theory --
What Makes a Good Theory? --
Theoretical Paradigms --
Psychodynamic Paradigm --
Humanistic-Existential Paradigm --
Behavioral/Cognitive-Behavioral Paradigm --
Systems Paradigm --
Emergent Theories --
Integrating Theory into Practice --
View of Human Nature --
Goals of Counseling --
Role of the Professional Counselor --
Techniques and Approaches --
Flexibility --
Theoretical Integration --
Integrative Versus Eclectic Counseling --
Why an Integrative Approach? --
Summary --
ch. 5 Record Keeping: What to Include and What to Leave Out / Charlotte Daughhetee --
Preview --
The Importance of Record Keeping --
How to Keep Case Notes --
Process Notes --
Standard Format. Contents note continued: SOAP Notes --
Time-Sequenced Notes --
The Line between Too Much and Not Enough Information --
Instances Where Detail Is Necessary --
We Are What We Write: The Importance of Professional Written Communication as Keys to Effective Writing --
Progress Notes and Supervision --
Tips to Avoid Record Keeping Problems --
When Clients Request Their Records --
Summary --
ch. 6 Putting Ethics and Law into Practice / Bradley T. Erford --
Preview --
Ethical Standards and Laws --
Ethics in Clinical Practice --
American Counseling Association Code of Ethics --
AMHCA Code of Ethics --
Codes of Ethics from Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling Organizations --
The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Ethical Standards for School Counselors --
Making Ethical Decisions --
Common Ethical Dilemmas for Beginning Counselors --
Professional Competence --
Misrepresentation --
Pressure to "Upcode" --
"Can I Be Sued?" and "What Is Malpractice?" --
Subpoenas. Contents note continued: Confidentiality --
Limits to Confidentiality --
Confidentiality and Privileged Communication --
Minor Consent Laws --
Records and Personal Notes --
Educational Records --
Personal Notes --
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 --
Child Abuse and Neglect --
Custody Issues --
Harm to Self and Others --
Summary --
ch. 7 Special Populations and Issues / Nicole A. Adamson --
Preview --
Special Populations and Issues --
Child Maltreatment --
Children with Learning Disabilities or Giftedness --
Intellectual Disability --
Giftedness --
Nonsuicidal Self-Injury --
Intimate Partner Violence --
Substance Abuse --
Older Adults and the Terminally III --
Military Veterans --
Counseling Military Service Members and Veterans --
Treatment Considerations --
Treatment Issues --
Evidence-Based Treatment --
Mandated and Unmotivated Clients --
Low Motivation and Noncompliance --
Legal Offenders --
Court-Ordered Counseling. Contents note continued: Transference and Countertransference --
Transference --
Countertransference --
Summary --
ch. 8 Multicultural Counseling and Its Multiple Applications / Jose A. Villalba --
Preview --
Developing Cultural Sensitivity: Historical and Current Contexts --
Historical Context --
Current Social, Political, and Economic Contexts --
Exploring Historical and Current Contexts in Developing Cultural Sensitivity --
Assessing Your Preconceived Notions --
Assessing Your Multicultural Competence --
The AMCD Multicultural Counseling Competencies: Attitudes and Beliefs, Knowledge, and Skills --
Exploring the AMCD Multicultural Counseling Competencies --
Confronting Oneself: Self-Awareness, Overcoming Bias, and Working with Differences --
Expanding Our Notion of Self-Awareness --
Overcoming Biases --
Working with Differences --
Exploring Self-Awareness, Overcoming Bias, and Working with Differences --
Counseling Diverse Clients from a Strengths-Based Perspective. Contents note continued: Social Capital as a Framework for Strengths-Based Perspectives --
Eliciting Client Strengths through Strengths-Based Counseling --
Exploring Counseling from a Strengths-Based Perspective --
Summary --
ch. 9 Assessing and Intervening with Clients in Danger and Crisis / Mary L. Bartlett --
Preview --
The Importance of Training in Risk Assessment and Suicide and Crisis Prevention --
Assessing Client Suicide Risk --
Risk Factors, Warning Signs, and Protective Factors --
Evidence-Based Suicide Risk Assessment --
Assessment Instruments --
Determining Risk Level --
Best Practice --
Interventions with Suicide --
Documentation of Assessment and Intervention Efforts --
Duty to Warn --
Homicidal Clients --
Assessment of Homicide Risk --
Media Influence --
School Violence --
Workplace Violence --
Intimate Partner Violence --
Assessing Your Views --
Counselor Safety Plan --
Threat Level Assessment --
Homicide Survivors --
Legal and Ethical Concerns. Contents note continued: Disaster: Large-Scale Shock --
Disaster Response Phases --
Survivor Responses --
Safety Issues --
Intervention Approaches --
Training Programs --
Disaster Legal and Ethical Issues --
Death Notification --
Termination --
Wellness --
Large-Scale Shock, Disasters, and Cultural Considerations --
Summary --
ch. 10 Practicing Professional Responsibility / Jason M. Newell --
Preview --
What Does It Mean to Practice Responsibly? --
The Counselor Is Responsible To ... --
Counselors Are Responsible for Being ... --
How Do Counselors Know If They Are Practicing Responsibly? --
Responsibility Is Revealed in Professional Dispositions --
Assessment of Professional Dispositions --
Summary --
ch. 11 Wrapping It Up / Bradley T. Erford --
Preview --
Termination --
Termination of Supervisory Relationships and Evaluations --
Termination of Counseling Relationships --
Metalearning: Learning from What You've Learned --
Summary. Contents note continued: ch. 12 Other Pertinent Issues in Counseling Practice / Elisabeth Bennett --
Preview --
A Day in the Life of a Counselor --
The Role of the Counselor --
Consultation --
Career Guidance --
Academic Advising --
Advocacy in Counseling --
Psychopharmacology --
Psychological, Educational, and Vocation Assessment --
The "Business" of Counseling: Third-Party Payers --
Summary --
ch. 13 Counselor Self-Care / Kerry Thon --
Preview --
Stress and the Helping Professions --
Our Obligation to Help Ourselves --
Helpful Models for Understanding Stress --
Identifying Personal Stressors --
Coping with Personal Stressors---Dimensions of Health and Intervention --
Counselor Self-Care --
Recognizing and Avoiding Burnout --
Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, and Secondary Trauma --
Common Sources of Stress for the Beginning Counselor --
Lack of Delegating --
Difficulty with Boundaries --
Inability to Compartmentalize --
Role Confusion --
Being All Things to All People. Contents note continued: Feelings of Incompetence --
Personal Counseling --
Summary --
ch. 14 From Envisioning to Actualization: Marketing Yourself in the 21st Century / Nicole A. Adamson --
Preview --
From Envisioning to Actualization: Marketing Yourself in the 21st Century --
Temet Nosce --
Select Strengths --
Examine Values, Biases, and Beliefs --
Live with Limitations --
Formulate Your Counseling Approach --
Understanding the Field Around You --
Using Network Opportunities and Embracing Mentorship --
Securing a Job the Old-Fashioned Way --
Preparing a Curriculum Vita or Resume --
Using Your Resume or CV --
Cover Letters --
The Job Search --
Landing the Interview and Following Up --
Carving Out Your New-Age Niche --
Reaching Out with Social Networking --
Selling Yourself on the Virtual Job Market --
Building a Professional Website --
Virtual Liabilities --
The Advantages of Continued Learning --
Keep Up to Date --
Become an Expert --
Summary.