Counseling Strategies that Work! Evidence-based Interventions for School Counselors by Richard Parsons

Counseling Strategies that Work! Evidence-based Interventions for School Counselors by Richard Parsons

Counseling Strategies that Worktargets the unique, day-to-day problems encountered by today’s school counselor and provides a new perspective on treatment selection.   This text is an anthology of intervention strategies that are rooted in scientific evidence supporting their effectiveness when applied to the day-to-day “problems” confronting today’s school counselor. It is an excellent source for counseling techniques courses or as a reading assigned as part of their field placement experiences, as well as a useful reference text for all those currently employed as school counselors. Every chapter provides a blending of theory, practice and guided, personalized application. The content is broken down succinctly, beginning with a brief introduction to the nature of the problems being addressed before delving into a detailed presentation with case illustration of the application of an intervention strategy.   Each chapter includes: A brief introduction to the nature of the problems being addressed. Precis of sample research supporting a specific intervention technique. Detailed presentation with case illustration of the application of the intervention strategy. A listing of clinical recommendations for direct application. A list of web based and literature based resources of additional material.

Richard D. Parsons holds a Ph.D. In psychology from Temple University and is currently a Professor of Counselor Education at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. He has authored 26 texts including Counseling Strategies That Work! (Allyn & Bacon, 2006), The Ethics of Professional Practice (Allyn & Bacon, 2000), and The Skilled Consultant (Allyn & Bacon, 1995). He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, and the Pennsylvania Counseling Association, where he has been named Pennsylvania's Counselor of the Year.

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ISBN 13	9780205445585
ISBN 10	0205445586
Title	Counseling Strategies that Work! Evidence-based Interventions for School Counselors
Author	Richard Parsons
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pearson Education (US)
Year published	2006-08-03
Number of pages	320
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