Section One: Foundations of Professional Counselor Identity
Chapter 1: Becoming a Professional Counselor: Philosophical, Historical, and Future Considerations--Bradley T. Erford and Gerta Bardhoshi
Chapter 2: Professional Counseling Organizations, Licensure, Certification, and Accreditation--Joshua C. Watson, Bradley T. Erford, and Grafton T. Eliason
Chapter 3: Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling--Lynn E. Linde and Bradley T. Erford
Section Two: Counseling Processes and Approaches
Chapter 4: Theories of Counseling--Bradley T. Erford and Ann Vernon
Chapter 5: The Counseling Process--Donna S. Sheperis
Chapter 6: Counseling Microskills--Joseph B. Cooper
Section Three: Client Issues and Advocacy
Chapter 7: Risk Assessment and Crisis Intervention--Judith Harrington and Charlotte Daughhetee
Chapter 8: Mental Health Counseling Settings and Issues--Catherine Y. Chang, Amy L. McLeod, and Nadine E. Garner
Chapter 9: School, College, and Career Counseling--Nadine E. Garner, Jason Baker, and Molly E. Jones
Chapter 10: Human Development throughout the Life span--Bradley T. Erford
Chapter 11: Multicultural Counseling--Geneva M. Gray
Chapter 12: Assessment, Case Conceptualization, Diagnosis, and Treatment Planning--Bradley T. Erford
Chapter 13: Supervision and Consultation--Mark A. Young and Alan Basham
Chapter 14: Advocating for the Counseling Profession--Amy Milsom
Chapter 15: Advocacy Counseling: Being an Effective Agent of Change for Clients--Donna M. Gibson
Section Four: The Effectiveness of Counseling
Chapter 16: Accountability in Counseling--Bradley T. Erford
Chapter 17: Outcomes Research in Counseling--Bradley T. Erford
