Orientation to counseling / J. Vincent Peterson, Bernard Nisenholz

Designed for use in introductory counselling courses, this text emphasizes the richness of the counselling field in terms of preventive, developmental, and remediation goals, and the broad variety of target populations and therapeutic modalities. A major focus is placed on the counsellor as the primary instrument in the counselling relationship, describing the skills and techniques used in working through the counselling process. The book encourages students to make a commitment to the field of counselling, and to view counselling as a way of life. The content has been designed to correlate directly with the major content areas of all certified counsellor education programs, as well as with the content areas specified by the National Board for Certified Counsellors.