, INTRODUCTION TO THIS MANUAL
This manual is designed to accompany Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psycho
therapy, Tenth Edition (Cengage Learning, 2017), and Case Approach to Counseling and
Psychotherapy, Eighth Edition (Cengage Learning, 2013). The manual is aimed at helping
you personalize the process by which you lear n.about counseling theories and therapeutic
practice. It emphasizes the practical application of various therapeutic approaches to your
personal growth. And it stresses the critical evaluation of each therapy as you are called on
to use the skills of the approach in exercises, activities, and consideration of case examples
and problems.
The manual is appropriate for courses in counseling theory and practice, intervention
strategies, and human services; it is also useful for internship experiences. It is well suited
to practicum courses during which you apply your knowledge of the helping process to
specific, practical field experiences. Key features of the manual are:
■ Self-inventories to assess your attitudes and beliefs about counseling theory and prac-
tice, the counselor as a person, and ethical issues
■ A summary overview of each major theory of counseling
■ A review of the highlights of each theory
■ Questions for discussion and evaluation
■ A prechapter self-inventory for each approach
■ Sample forms and charts for some chapters
■ Assessment forms for the appraisal of life patterns
■ Case examples by experts illustrating their approaches to a client from their theoretical
perspectiv s (for each theory chapter)
■ The case of Stan for each of the theory chapters
■ The case of Gwen for each of the theory chapters
■ The case of Ruth for each of the theory chapters
■ Activities for inside and outside of class
■ Ethical and professional issues for exploration
■ Issues basic to your personal development
■ A glossary of key terms for each theory
■ A comprehension check, or quiz, for each of Chapters 2 through 15
This tenth edition of the Student Manual has been updated to coordinate with the con
tent changes in the tenth edition of the text, Theory and Practice of Counseling and- Psycho
therapy. For each of the theory chapters (Chapters 4 through 14), the following content
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