Professional Counseling

The Davidson's introduce a comprehensive and accessible study guide tailored for the National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination (NCMHCE), designed to help you master all essential areas while seamlessly integrating into your daily life. Ideal for anyone looking to study while commuting, working out, or managing household tasks, this guide focuses on the benefits of sound education to maximize retention and cognitive understanding.

Expert Gerald Sklare provides fresh insights and new applications for solution-focused brief counseling (SFBC).

Everyone talks about the personal ministry of the Word, but how do we make one-another ministry truly biblical? Gospel-Centered Counseling equips you to change lives with Christ’s changeless truth. It does so by examining life’s seven ultimate questions and then guiding you on a journey that...

When college students are in a mental health crisis, they often turn to a peer or a trusted faculty or staff member first. As the number of students struggling with mental health issues continues to rise, higher education professionals are called upon to do even more. Basic Counseling Skills for Higher Education Professionals equips college and university leaders with the basic knowledge and skills to address and respond to students with mental health concerns. The authors provide foundational information on the signs and symptoms of the most common mental health issues educators are likely...

Nina Spadaro, Ed.D., Tiffany Rush-Wilson, Ph.D., and Rives Thornton, M.S. bring counseling skills to life in this multi-media e-book. The inclusion of innovative video demonstrations, acted out by the authors, provides an invaluable supplement to the engaging, highly readable text and is a bonus for students who learn best by observing. This seamless integration makes the book a user-friendly tool for both the beginning counseling student and the experienced professional alike. The authors outline microskills - verbal and nonverbal techniques that are counseling building blocks. They also ...

Say goodbye to boring study sessions with Dr. Rosenthal’s Master Lecture Series for the NCE, CPCE, CECE, and State Counseling Exams. Revolutionize your exam prep and have fun doing it with the help of Dr. Howard Rosenthal, EdD, an award-winning educator and professor emeritus of human services and addiction studies at St. Louis Community College. This study guide will transform your comprehensive exam journey into an engaging adventure that you'll actually enjoy!

The Ethics of Caring is a unique and widely recommended text that complements standard ethics texts by helping the student or professional find right relationship with a client. Written for practicing therapy and medical professionals, students, teachers, supervisors, and mentors, The Ethics of Caring model first promotes self-compassion, then gently guides self-reflection about unconscious countertransference that often occurs in the main areas of human life. The book illuminates many extraordinary types of human experiences to help professionals become aware in case clients bring these ...

Exploring the Inner Development of MI Practice Many experienced practitioners find themselves curious about what lies beyond the fundamentals of motivational interviewing. This book offers one perspective on that journey, exploring how cultivating qualities like intuition, curiosity, and authentic presence can enrich your practice. Rather than focusing on what to do, this guide explores ways of being with clients that may open new possibilities in therapeutic conversations. It examines how developing your natural curiosity, learning to trust your intuitive responses, and incorporating ...

Reframing Hypnotherapy is the book that will transform your hypnosis sessions! This book is about Contextual Hypnotherapy, the evidenced-based approaches you can use to problem solve in clinical hypnosis. Its purpose is to free you from the constraints of the methods of hypnosis that are based on tradition rather than research and to teach you new skills you can use with your clients immediately. By overviewing the research that behavioral therapists use, specific methods and techniques that are based on hypnotic intervention are outlined and shared. What this means is that the new ...

The Complete NCMHCE Study Guide was created for candidates who want more than surface-level review. It is designed to help you develop the clarity, structure, and professional reasoning required to navigate the National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination with confidence. This guide follows the same logic as the exam itself. Rather than overwhelming you with disconnected facts, it walks you through the way clinical information is presented, evaluated, and prioritized.

Conquer the CCJP Exam is a comprehensive study guide designed for professionals working at the intersection of addiction and the criminal justice system. It provides clear, structured coverage of substance use, criminal behavior, screening, assessment, treatment planning, counseling approaches, and ethical practice. The content reflects real-world application, helping readers build a strong foundation in both behavioral health and justice system dynamics. This guide explores the full continuum of addiction-related practice, from early identification and assessment to intervention, relapse ...

What if the world was filled with ministers–people who cared about the well-being and wholeness of others? To minister is to attend to the needs of others and there are many great people who have committed their lives to that mission but not everyone is able to dedicate themselves to becoming a professional minister. Some choose to help others as a lay minister or non-professional caregiver. This text serves as a guide for training and support for people who want to become lay ministers or group facilitators of any spiritual tradition.

Empowering Change: Harnessing the Strengths-Based Approach in Social Work and Human Services offers a powerful reimagining of how we view people, communities, and their potential. Instead of focusing on deficits and problems, this book shows how to uncover and amplify the capacities, talents, and resilience that individuals already possess. Rooted in the principles of respect, collaboration, and empowerment, the strengths-based approach has transformed the practice of social work, counseling, education, and healthcare. Inside this comprehensive guide, you will discover: The history and core...

Read by the author. Are you stuck in an unsatisfying job or feel like you’re in the wrong profession? An industry that just isn’t a fit? Don’t just settle but succeed in the right career! Get unstuck and land a new career—one you’re genuinely passionate about. Switchers helps you...

The Alchemy of the Enneagram in Transforming Addiction describes the distinct differences between the nine Enneagram types and their particular addiction struggles, protective mechanisms, relapse patterns, and key strategies for each type that will allow them to become conscious and drug-free men.

Do you have clients who have killed other people? Clients who have killed other people come to us from all walks of life and many different experiences. Some have killed in the line of duty—others have killed people in tragic accidents. Then there are clients who may have killed other people through malevolence, self-defense, or as a result of careless action. Whatever the situation might be that brought the client to our office, having a guide for dealing with issues such as acceptance, guilt, forgiveness and moving towards the future, despite the tragic past, are all issues the ...

This anthology of interdisciplinary writings looks at the integration of mind, body, and spirit as it plays out in the workplace—whether in birth coaching, teaching parents, assisting the terminally ill, or working in the military, the classroom, or the corporation. These essays reveal what gets in the way of our humanity in the work world and how to rediscover that humanity. 

If you struggle with a highly sensitive personality, this memoir and collection of stories will help you heal and flourish. Benita A. Esposito is a licensed professional counselor and best-selling author with four decades of professional experience. Even smart high-achievers have themes on their hero’s journey to the authentic self, and these were hers. What unconsciously drew her to an emotionally distant relationship or an emotionally abusive relationship? Why did she feel so hurt when others judged her? Why was she so tired? What compelled her toward self actualization?

Prepare for the California LPCC Law and Ethics Exam with this comprehensive, audiobook-friendly study guide. Covering all tested domains, this guide provides clear explanations of consent, confidentiality, mandated reporting, professional boundaries, supervision, crisis intervention, and interdisciplinary care. Each chapter emphasizes practical application of legal and ethical standards in real-world counseling settings. Understand your responsibilities regarding client privacy, informed consent, and recordkeeping, including special protections in school-based counseling and substance use ...

This comprehensive study guide is designed for aspiring and licensed clinical social workers preparing for the California LCSW Law and Ethics Examination. It covers the full spectrum of legal, ethical, and professional standards necessary to practice safely and responsibly in the state of California. Core topics include consent, confidentiality, mandated reporting, dual relationships, professional boundaries, and the legal limits of practice. The guide provides detailed explanations of complex concepts such as the duty to protect, Tarasoff obligations, involuntary detention, child and elder...