Counseling Theories and Case Conceptualization

Stephen V. Flynn, PhD, LPC, LMFT-S, NCC, ACS, is a professor of counselor education, a research fellow, the founding director of the Marriage and Family Therapy program, and the Play Therapy program coordinator at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Dr. Flynn earned his MA degree from Rowan University and his PhD from the University of Northern Colorado. He teaches counseling; couple, marriage, and family; child and adolescent; and research and writing courses for the Counselor Education, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Educational Leadership graduate programs at Plymouth State University. He is a licensed professional counselor (Colorado), a licensed marriage and family therapist (Colorado, New Hampshire), a national certified counselor, an approved clinical supervisor, an American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Clinical Fellow, and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. Joshua J. Castleberry, PhD, NCC, is an assistant professor of counselor education at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. He earned his MS, Ed.S., and PhD degrees from Georgia State University. Dr. Castleberry teaches courses on counseling theories, case conceptualization, foundations of addiction, and psychopathology for graduate programs in Counselor Education and Supervision. He is also a Regional Epidemiologist for the Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring (OSAM) team under the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OMHAS), where he tracks drug trends in Southeastern Ohio. With a primary clinical focus on addiction, trauma, and crisis counseling, Dr. Castleberry has extensive experience as an addiction counselor, working with chemically dependent clients and advocating for counseling services to at-risk homeless populations.

List of Contributors

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

SECTION I. INTRODUCTION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ORIENTED THEORIES

Chapter 1. Introduction to Theory and Conceptualization

Stephen V. Flynn and Joshua Castleberry

Chapter 2. Multicultural Counseling Theory

Sherritta Hughes

Chapter 3. Feminist Approaches

Amanda C. La Guardia

SECTION II. TRADITIONAL AND RELATIONAL PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORIES

Chapter 4. Traditional Psychoanalytic Approaches

Elyssa B. Smith, Andrea McGrath, Joshua Mangin, and Nicole Altenberg

Chapter 5. Relational Approaches to Psychoanalytic Treatment

Sherrie Bruner and Julianna Williams

SECTION III. PERSON-CENTERED, EXPERIENTIAL, AND EXISTENTIAL THEORIES

Chapter 6. Person-Centered Counseling and Related Experiential Approaches

Elizabeth K. Norris, Tyler Wilkinson, and Jeff D. Cook

Chapter 7. Existential-Humanistic Approaches

Joel Givens, Phillip L. Waalkes, and Paul H. Smith

SECTION IV. BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE THEORIES

Chapter 8. Behavioral Approaches

Lynne Guillot Miller

Chapter 9. Cognitive Approaches

Dodie Limberg, Alexander M. Fields, Donya Wallace, Rawle D. S. Ragoonath, and Sabrina M. Johnson

SECTION V. SYSTEMIC AND POSTMODERN THEORIES

Chapter 10. Systemic Approaches

Tiffany Nielson and Timothy J. Hakenwerth

Chapter 11. Postmodern Approaches

Michelle Hinkle and Caroline Perjessy

SECTION VI. INTERGRATIVE AND BRIEF COUNSELING THEORIES

Chapter 12. Integrative Approaches

Bradley McKibben and Seneka R. Gainer

Chapter 13: Brief Counseling Approaches

Derek X. Seward and Brittany A. Williams

Index