Introduction to the Counseling Profession by David Capuzzi

Introduction to the Counseling Profession by David Capuzzi

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Summary

For students who are taking a preliminary course in the counselling field and who are trying to determine if they are well matched to the profession of counselling, teachers in the field offer an overview of its major aspects as a profession and insights into the issues that surround it.

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Introduction to the Counseling Profession by David Capuzzi

This introductory text is perfect for students taking their first course in counseling who are trying to determine if they are well matched to the counseling profession. Introduction to the Counseling Profession is unique both in its format and in its content. This co-edited/co-authored text is comprised of state-of-the-art information by recognized experts in their respective areas of counseling. The content provides an excellent overview of the history and foundational aspects of counseling including legal aspects, the importance of the helping relationship, basic skills, requirements for working in specific settings, and the expertise needed for working with special populations. This new edition meets the professional orientation standards outlined by the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) and helps students begin preparing for the NCE Exam.
About the Editors
David Capuzzi, PhD, NCC, LPC
, is a counselor educator and member of the core faculty in mental health counseling at Walden University and professor emeritus at Portland State University. Previously, he served as an affiliate professor in the Department of Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, and Rehabilitation Services at Pennsylvania State University and scholar in residence in counselor education at Johns Hopkins University. He is past president of the American Counseling Association (ACA), formerly the American Association for Counseling and Development, and past chair of both the ACA Foundation and the ACA Insurance Trust.

From 1980 to 1984, Dr. Capuzzi was editor of The School Counselor. He has authored several textbook chapters and monographs on the topic of preventing adolescent suicide and is coeditor and author with Dr. Larry Golden of Helping Families Help Children: Family Interventions with School Related Problems (1986) and Preventing Adolescent Suicide (1988). He coauthored and edited with Douglas R. Gross Youth at Risk: A Prevention Resource for Counselors, Teachers, and Parents (1989, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2014); Introduction to the Counseling Profession (1991, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2013); Introduction to Group Work (1992, 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2010); and Counseling and Psychotherapy: Theories and Interventions (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011). His other texts are Approaches to Group Work: A Handbook for Practitioners (2003), Suicide Across the Life Span (2006), and Sexuality Issues in Counseling, the last coauthored and edited with Larry Burlew. He has authored or coauthored articles in several ACA-related journals.

A frequent speaker and keynoter at professional conferences and institutes, Dr. Capuzzi has also consulted with a variety of school districts and community agencies interested in initiating prevention and intervention strategies for adolescents at risk for suicide. He has facilitated the development of suicide prevention, crisis management, and postvention programs in communities throughout the United States; provides training on the topics of youth at risk and grief and loss; and serves as an invited adjunct faculty member at other universities as time permits.

An ACA fellow, he is the first recipient of ACA's Kitty Cole Human Rights Award and a recipient of the Leona Tyler Award in Oregon. In 2010, he received ACA's Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person. In 2011, he was named a distinguished alumni of the College of Education at Florida State University, and in 2016 he received the Locke/Paisley Mentorship award from the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.

Mark D. Stauffer, PhD, NCC, is a core faculty member in the clinical mental health counseling program at Walden University. He specialized in couples, marriage, and family counseling at Portland State University and in counselor education and Supervision at Oregon State University. He has worked in the Portland area in Oregon at crisis centers and other nonprofit organizations working with individuals, couples, families, and groups, often with homeless and at-risk populations.

Dr. Stauffer has worked with groups and group work in the realm of mental health, counseling, counselor education, and supervision, at the associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral levels of higher education. Dr. Stauffer was a Chi Sigma Iota International Leaders in Counselor Education fellow and was also awarded the Emerging Leaders Training Grant by the American Counseling Association. Dr. Stauffer has served as co-chair of the American Counseling Association International Committee and serves as president of the Association for Humanistic Counseling during 2018--2019.

In addition to this textbook on group counseling with Dr. Capuzzi, Dr. Stauffer has coedited several other textbooks in the counseling field, Counseling and Psychotherapy: Theories and Interventions (2017); Career Counseling: Foundations, Perspectives, and Applications (2006, 2012); Foundations of Addictions Counseling (2008, 2012, 2016); Foundations of Couples, Marriage and Family Counseling (2015); and Human Growth and Development Across the Life Span: Applications for Counselors (2016).

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ISBN 13 9780205410675
ISBN 10 0205410677
Title Introduction to the Counseling Profession
Author David Capuzzi
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Publisher Pearson Education (US)
Year published 2004-09-02
Number of pages 600
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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