Explore the latest in Counseling
New first editions link core principles with the latest topics, research, and examples – all available digitally via Pearson+ for anytime, anywhere learning
These new texts, by expert counseling authors, address many of today’s most timely issues such as preparing for clinical work, supervising, mastering couples and family therapy, practicing group counseling, implementing assessments effectively, and counseling children and adolescents. Learn more about each title and request a desk copy.
Practicum and Internship: A Handbook for Competent Counseling Practices
Jackson-Cherry | Sterner
Introduces key skills counselors-in-training need before starting clinical work. Covers diagnosing and treating acute and chronic mental health disorders, including risk assessment, intervention, and management. Presents real cases, voices from the field, and discussion questions to help students reflect on their learning.
Practical Approaches to Clinical Supervision Across Settings: Theory, Practice, and Research
Lenz | Flamez
Top experts offer a strong foundation in clinical supervision principles and practices, revealing what works in diverse settings. Explores historical, theoretical, and systemic issues to orient learners with core knowledge; then presents well-defined, setting-specific activities, including many practical ways to improve outcomes as well as practical strategies from experts in the field.
Couple and Family Therapy: A Case Approach
Murdock
A case-based, applied approach to major theories of couple and family therapy, with concrete examples designed to help students apply them in practice. Each chapter presents a realistic client case, offers evidence concerning a relevant theory, and evaluates its application with clients of diverse backgrounds.
Counseling and Therapy for Couples: An Integrative Model
Young | Barden | Long
An integrative model of couples counseling, showing how to apply techniques from diverse theories to serve each couple’s goals. A step-by-step approach to learning how therapy develops; case studies highlight real couples’ problems, and discussion questions illuminate ethical issues and controversies. Each chapter presents evidence-based research of the theory, then evaluates its application with clients of diverse backgrounds. The case-based presentation gives students effective concrete examples.
Foundations of Group Counseling
Capuzzi | Stauffer
Offers a practical, application-based approach and broad perspective on group work, balancing foundational knowledge with research-based guidelines and how-to strategies. Addresses theory, skills, ethics, evaluation, diversity, and more. Individual chapters cover group work on addictions, with children, and with older adults. This unique text combines practice, research, and theory to offer students the tools and strategies they need for successful group work practice.
Assessment for Counselors
Erford
A comprehensive, accessible introduction to assessment in counseling that connects theory to practice, and covers all foundational issues professionals should understand. Introduces essential skills with a practical emphasis: why, how, and when to best select, administer, score and interpret assessments. This text is the most up-to-date resource to keep up with test revisions.
Counseling Children and Adolescents
Kress |Paylo | Stargell
This practical, evidence-based text helps counselors thoughtfully and deliberately help children and adolescents tackle complex challenges. Covering principal approaches to counseling young clients, it illuminates issues that bring them to clinical or school counseling, synthesizes theory with practice, and engages readers with diverse, multiculturally-sensitive case studies.
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