Counseling Today: Foundations of Professional Identity, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (21 July 2026) © 2027

  • Darcy H Granello
  • Mark E. Young University of Central Florida, Professor Emeritus
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Counseling Today uses relatable, real scenarios and helpful learning aids to introduce current research, controversial topics, and authentic counseling stories. It encourages you to become a reflective practitioner, thinking about how your own personality, beliefs, values, and experiences influence how you look at the world as you consider your own development as a future professional.

The 3rd Edition offers a new layout and organization, new Ethical Alerts, features to support the 2024 CACREP Professional Orientation and Ethical Practice Standards, and much more.

Table of contents

I. INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELING

  • 1. Who Are Counselors?
  • 2. What Do Counselors Do?
  • 3. How Are Counselors Trained and Regulated?
  • 4. How Do People Develop as Counselors
  • 5. How Do Counseling Students Get the Most From Their Graduate Programs?

II. THE FOUNDATIONS OF COUNSELING

  • 6. How Do Counselors Promote Social Justice and Engage in Culturally Responsive Counseling?
  • 7. Why Do Counselors Use Theories?
  • 8. How Do Counselors Make Legal and Ethical Decisions?
  • 9. How Do Counselors Use Research?
  • 10. How Do Counselors Collect and Use Assessment Information?

III. THE PRACTICE OF COUNSELING

  • 11. Where Do Counselors Work?
  • 12. What Happens in a Counseling Session?
  • 13. How Do Counselors Support Wellness in Themselves and Their Clients?
  • 14. Counseling Tomorrow

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