This CACREP aligned text outlines core concepts of the counseling profession alongside hundreds of practical study questions and case studies for students and professors. Designed for use not just in class but also as a guide for students studying for national licensing exams and the CPCE, chapters cover areas including ethical and legal issues, theories of counseling, career development, multicultural and group counseling, special topics, and more. Hundreds of PowerPoint slides are included to assist professors with class preparation, and professors will also find study questions for each chapter and a sample final exam that easily be applied in online learning platforms. Written in a readable, concise format designed for adult learners, Introduction to Counseling is an essential resource that counseling students will want to keep long after graduation.

This CACREP aligned text outlines core concepts of the counseling profession alongside hundreds of practical study questions and case studies for students and professors. Designed for use not just in class but also as a guide for students studying for national licensing exams and the CPCE, chapters cover areas including ethical and legal issues, theories of counseling, career development, multicultural and group counseling, special topics, and more. Hundreds of PowerPoint slides are included to assist professors with class preparation, and professors will also find study questions for each chapter and a sample final exam that easily be applied in online learning platforms. Written in a readable, concise format designed for adult learners, Introduction to Counseling is an essential resource that counseling students will want to keep long after graduation.

The spiritually-attuned counselor is intentional about their own spiritual growth, practice, and development so they can support others in their own process. In Spirituality and the Helping Professions, author Miles Matise guides readers through a journey of personal spiritual growth and also provides them with the skillsets and knowledge they need to assist clients in the use of religious and spiritual means to facilitate growth and navigate their own lives. In opening chapters, Matise addresses the spiritual needs of our modern times and how most people are on a quest and searching for something, be that meaning, purpose, happiness, or some other aspect, to foster contentment and stability in their lives. The book addresses various challenges that can arise when working with a person around spiritual issues, common paradigms and approaches, and the importance of a developmental perspective to conceptualize the individual and their spirituality. It recognizes the shift for many away from religion and toward spirituality, and how that can influence how we choose to live our lives. Techniques to promote the emergence of the spiritual in a person's life are provided, as well as suggested activities to prescribe for further development. Presenting a unique viewpoint and modern framework for working with clients, Spirituality and the Helping Professions is an essential resource for courses and programs in counseling, psychology, and related helping professions.

A strange inheritance is a story about discovering and following the desires of one's true self. The stark realization of our psychological inheritance can result in an existential inner struggle. As Lucas experiences a spiritual crisis he comes to terms with his own inheritance and through his suffering and confusion, discovers what lies within him is more valuable than any substitute that may rival it.

A Fortress To Keep God Out is an existential novel about living life merely by reason without faith. The fortress of protection is reason while allowing the heart to feel and experience love is the ultimate death to one's self. Living from the confines of one's head can only produce a routine and banal existence void of meaning without feelings.

Tears have been described as a language that transcends words. Crying is a response that all people have in common and is one of the most powerful demonstrations of emotional expression. Individuals in helping professions such as nurses, psychologists, and counselors may be vulnerable to a wide variety of emotionally charged situations. Counselor's encounter a wide variety of emotionally charged situations which might be uncomfortable and unpleasant, and as a result, influence his or her effectiveness during a counseling session. The premise of this book is in part to debunk the myth that tears and crying in general are a sign of weakness and always inappropriate. The professional helper, when tearing up out of a genuine empathic response, can be a legitimate therapeutic response and form of communicating through emotional expression to strengthen the therapeutic alliance.