Clinical Mental Health Counseling in Community and Agency Settings

Deborah W. Newsome, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She is the department’s Clinical Mental Health Program Director, a National Certified Counselor (NCC), a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and a Licensed North Carolina School Counselor.  She teaches courses in clinical mental health counseling, counseling skill development, assessment, and career development and counseling. She also supervises graduate students’ clinical experiences and volunteers at a local nonprofit counseling center. Dr. Newsome coauthored two previous editions of this textbook: Community and Agency Counseling (2nd ed.), Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, and Clinical Mental Health Counseling in Community and Agency Settings (3rd ed.), Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall. She has authored or coauthored over 25 book chapters and journal articles. In 2005, she received Wake Forest University’s Graduate Student Association Faculty Excellence award.     Samuel T. Gladding, Ph.D., is chair and a professor in the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is a fellow in the American Counseling Association and its former president (2004-2005). He also has served as president of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW), the American Association of State Counseling Boards, and Chi Sigma Iota. He is the former editor of the Journal for Specialists in Group Works, a past member of the American Counseling Association Foundation, and a current member of the North Carolina Board of Licensed Professional Counselors.   Dr. Gladding has authored numerous professional publications, including 37 books. In 1999, he was cited as being in the top 1% of contributors to the flagship periodical of the American Counseling Association: the Journal of Counseling and Development.  He is National Certified Counselor (NCC), a Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC), and a Licensed Professional Counselor (North Carolina).

Part 1 Historical and Professional Foundations of clinical mental health Counseling 

   Chapter 1   Historical Overview of the Counseling Profession  

   Chapter 2   Professional Identity  

   Chapter 3   Ethical and Legal Aspects of Counseling  

   Chapter 4   Clinical Mental Health Counseling in a Diverse Society  

Part 2   Roles and Functions of Clinical Mental Health Counselors  

   Chapter 5   The Counseling Process  

   Chapter 6   Client Assessment and Diagnosis  

   Chapter 7   Holistic Approaches to Clinical Mental Health Counseling

   Chapter 8   Mental Health Consultation, Advocacy, Client Outcome Evaluation, and Program Evaluation

  Chapter 9   Suicide Assessment and Intervention, Crisis and Disaster Response, Managing Stress, and Avoiding Burnout

  (Deborah W. Newsome & James D. Raper)

Part 3   Working with Specific Populations  

   Chapter 10 Working with Groups  

   Chapter 11 Marriage, Family, and Couples Counseling 

   Chapter 12 Counseling Adults 

   Chapter 13 Counseling Children and Adolescents 

Part 4   Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Settings and Services  

   Chapter 14 Community Agencies, Medical Settings, and Other Specialized Clinical Settings  

   Chapter 15 College and University Settings, Career Counseling, Coaching

  (Deborah W. Newsome & Kavitha Dharmalingam)

 Chapter 16C Employee Assistance Programs, Private Practice, and Managed Care 

Appendix   American Counseling Association Code of Ethics (2005)

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Subject Index