The Elements of Counseling, Eighth Edition

The Elements of Counseling distills the basic elements of counseling what it is and what it is not in a highly accessible outline format. Meier and Davis present essential information for both beginning and experienced counselors and include valuable counselor-client dialogues to demonstrate skill application in real-world scenarios. The latest edition is enhanced with updates on emotional avoidance, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, personalized interventions, progress monitoring and outcome assessment, and Barlow's Unified Protocol. Simple, clear, and practical, this popular primer establishes a conceptual framework on which students of all helping professions can establish and build their counseling knowledge.
Title of related interest available from Waveland Press: Martin, Counseling and Therapy Skills, Fourth Edition (ISBN 9781478628750).