The Counselor's Companion: What Every Beginning Counselor Needs to Know

Provides new counsellors with a way to bridge the gap between what they learned in the classroom and the challenges they will meet in their practice. This volume covers answers to common questions that will likely arise in the course of their professional development. Students and recent graduates of counselling and human services programs will consider "The Counselor's Companion" an indispensable tool to enhance professional practice, knowledge, and skill. The text is a reference-style resource that provides new counsellors with a way to bridge the gap between what they learned in the classroom and the challenges they will meet in their practice. Beginning counsellors will find concise answers to common questions that will likely arise in the course of their professional development and a reliable reference "companion" as they embark on their careers in the profession. This volume features contributions from counsellor educators and professionals in the field, guided largely by the core-curriculum of the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Program (CACREP). Information is presented in brief form, making the main points of each section concise, clear, visible, and easily accessible. Readers are also introduced to cutting-edge areas of research.