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The Counselor as Practitioner-Researcher: A Practical Guide to
Research Methods is designed to help readers integrate a
researcher's perspective and research methodology into their
professional practice. Approaching practice as a
practitioner-researcher not only facilitates the gathering of data
and the drawing of useful conclusions, but also results in more
ethical and effective practice decisions. Section I provides
readers with an overview of the need and value of research in
support of the counseling profession and as a basis for sound and
successful practice decisions. In Section II, the fundamentals of
quantitative, qualitative, and mixed designs are reviewed. Section
III highlights specific designs and their value to the counselor as
practitioner-researcher, including between group, within subject,
action research, and case study designs. The text concludes with an
extensive case illustration of counselor research and the steps
necessary to developing a specific research plan. The Counselor as
Practitioner-Researcher assists those in training and those in
practice to not only become informed consumers of research, but
also "doers" of research as it guides their practice decisions,
affords measures of accountability, and supports program
evaluation.
Written for students in training and those new to the helping
profession, Intentional Counseling: Practice Guided by Theory
blends theory, practice, and guided personalized application to
help readers move from simply gathering and receiving information
to using information effectively to help their clients. The book
discusses the importance of acquiring the necessary cognitive
skills to "think like a counselor." Case illustrations,
presentations, and analyses in combination with directed
activities, provide opportunities for both practice and feedback.
Each chapter includes a description of the theoretical constructs
presented in the chapter, supporting research, clinical
illustrations of the concepts and constructs, and guided practice.
Designed to help those new to the field, Intentional Counseling
moves beyond the traditional discussion of counseling theories to
demonstrate their values in guiding practice decisions. Intentional
Counseling helps the reader employ organizing schema to data
reception, storage, and utilization, all in service of procedural
knowledge. Illustrated through application of solution-based,
cognitive, behavioral, reality therapy/choice theory, and feminist
counseling theories, the book trains readers to think like experts,
and then act accordingly.
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