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