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This textbook introduces the foundations and different approaches of therapeutic counseling, and outlines the major specialties and diverse settings in which counseling takes place. The fifth edition adds short narratives by practicing counselors, called voices from the field. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This text provides students with an overview of the counseling profession, including information on what counseling is, the history of counseling, theoretical orientations, counseling applications and professional issues. The text's unique student-oriented focus engages students in exploring their motives for wanting to be a counselor. To helps students learn about the realities of the field, Kottler includes "Voices from the Field" sections, which contain interviews with practicing counselors discussing the challenges they've faced and the ways they resolved those challenges. Experiential and reflective exercises, integrated into every chapter, help the student reflect on the material.
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