Counseling Books - Page 12

ACA Ethical Standards Casebook

Barbara Herlihy, Gerald Corey

Amazon Price: $45.94 List Price: $56.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Amer Counseling Assn Amazon Marketplace: 16 new & used starting at $42.00

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Business Life -> Ethics
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Psychology & Counseling -> Counseling -> General
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Psychology & Counseling -> Counseling -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

A great review of the Code of Ethics with clear examples. 5 out of 5 stars.
30 of 31 people found this review helpful.

This book is a must-have for the counselor or the counseling graduate student. Each section of the Code of Ethics is set forth with two applicable examples. One example is the "do" and one example is the "don't." These examples clarify the Code and make it much more understandable.

Good Resource for Counselors 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I used this book in my master's program for counseling psychology. It was very helpful considering my limited knowledge of ethical guidelines. It provides vignettes to help the student understand the ethical dilemma.

A Couple's Guide to Communication

John Mordechai Gottman

Amazon Price: $23.35 List Price: $25.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Research Press (IL) Amazon Marketplace: 21 new & used starting at $12.11

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Psychology & Counseling -> Counseling -> Couples & Family Therapy
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Psychology & Counseling -> General
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Psychology & Counseling -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Great for one and all 5 out of 5 stars.
164 of 167 people found this review helpful.

This book was recommended for me to read by my Sociology Professor instead of John Gray's work, Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus, and I love it! I've delved a little into both texts and enjoy Gottman's work better since its suggestions are backed by years of clinical research on how thousands of couples communicate and presents the strategies that worked best for them, where Gray's are more based on observations. This book gives practical step by step knowledge of how to communicate with your partner and the little snags that you run into day by day without even knowing it. I consider my partner and I very open and able to communicate with each other, but reading this book showed us that even we could use some improvement; it has helped me to see where my ability to communicate goes astray and gave me ways to work on them. The language is easy to understand and there are even practice exercises you can do with your significant other to review the information he presents. The book presents a whole program that you can do to help you communicate better with your mate or even anyone you come into contact with. If you are the kind of person who constantly is searching to improve your life, then this is a book for you!

Applying Career Development Theory to Counseling

Richard S. Sharf

Amazon Price: $118.36 List Price: $147.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Brooks Cole Amazon Marketplace: 68 new & used starting at $60.91

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Job Hunting & Careers -> Guides
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Job Hunting & Careers -> Vocational Guidance
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Job Hunting & Careers -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

A wonderful book for beginners 4 out of 5 stars.
24 of 29 people found this review helpful.

This book provides a comprehensive discussion and integration of career development theories. The instructor's manual assists the beginning professor with an opportunity to impart quality pedagogical knowledge to students. The examples cited throughout the text offer students an opportunity ingest the course material and retain their newly found knowledge. The author makes learning career theories enjoyable and very applicable to situations.

Thanks 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 8 people found this review helpful.

Exactly what I ordered, in great condition, and delivered in great time. Thanks

Applying Career Development Theory to Counseling - Review 4 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book presents 14 theories arranged by type of theory. It is clear, concise, and each theory is beautifully illustrated by vignette.

Editorial Review:

A must read for practicing counselors and counselors in training, APPLYING CAREER DEVELOPMENT THEORY TO COUNSELING shows you how to apply principles of career development in a counseling setting! A clear writing style, useful case examples, and integrated coverage of diversity set this text apart from others in the field. The book-specific website makes studying easy with discussion questions, tutorial quizzes, and relevant links.

Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think And What We Can Do About It

Jane M. Healy

Amazon Price: $10.20 List Price: $15.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Simon & Schuster Amazon Marketplace: 103 new & used starting at $1.64

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Mental Health -> General
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Mental Health -> General AAS
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Psychology & Counseling -> Adolescent Psychology

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 15 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

A must read for anyone interested in childhood development or parenting 5 out of 5 stars.
11 of 11 people found this review helpful.

A large emphasis of this book is that we, as a species, are unique in that we have only a couple instincts, even crawling is learned and not prewired. Therefore our brain adapts to our environment, in the first year favoring areas which are being stimulated. As TV is non interactive, the theory proposed by this book and accepted by the American Academy of Pediatrics, is that TV is harmful to young minds (AAP warns for parents to not allow any watching of TV for children under 2). Since the publication of this book, a one to one correspondence to Attention Deficit Disorder, obesity and anger have all been found related to the amount of time watching TV (any type). There has also been a corresponding drop in the ability to do complex tasks, analyze complex problems and overall literacy for the last 40 years. These are measurable, seen in standardized tests, and now accepted scientifically, but there has been little widestream acceptance as the very mechanism for disseminating this information is TV. It's a must read. Many preschool teachers we know can spot the children who've watched lots of TV by their aggression and difficulty concentrating. Friends who've been teaching for now 30 years have remarked how they are having problems getting even the new teachers to understand the material they are teaching. If you like this book I'd recommend "The Well Trained Mind".

Editorial Review:

Is today's fast-paced media culture creating a toxic environment for our children's brains?

In this landmark, bestselling assessment tracing the roots of America's escalating crisis in education, Jane M. Healy, Ph.D., examines how television, video games, and other components of popular culture compromise our children's ability to concentrate and to absorb and analyze information. Drawing on neuropsychological research and an analysis of current educational practices, Healy presents in clear, understandable language:

-- How growing brains are physically shaped by experience

-- Why television programs -- even supposedly educational shows like Sesame Street -- develop "habits of mind" that place children at a disadvantage in school

-- Why increasing numbers of children are diagnosed with attention deficit disorder

-- How parents and teachers can make a critical difference by making children good learners from the day they are born

Verbal Abuse Survivors Speak Out; On relationship and recovery

Patricia Evans

Amazon Price: $10.17 List Price: $14.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Adams Media Amazon Marketplace: 139 new & used starting at $0.77

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> General AAS
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Mental Health -> Abuse & Self Defense -> Domestic Violence
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Mental Health -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 34 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

biased thinking 3 out of 5 stars.
6 of 9 people found this review helpful.

As a counsellor I value the contribution of Patricia Evans. She outlines what abuse is in great detail, and that is very valuable, but she ignores the fact that men are as much subject to abuse (verbal and otherwise) as women are. they do not report it, and hence it is assumed that they are not victims to the same extent as women are. Studies have shown that almost an equal percentage of men suffer abuse. In my own counselling practice I have as many men as women who are victims of abuse. it takes them a long time to admit it, as they fear being labelled as weak or wimpish! I suggest that Patricia Evans amends her titles and includes women to show that she is writing about the abuse of women, and admits in her introduction the men are also abused to at least as great an extent. Indeed, my experience shows that the violence suffered by men can be greater, because women often resort to using weapons to make up for their relative lack of physical strength. Were Miss Evans to make these changes I would give her book a 5 star rating.

Dr Jim O'Shea

Editorial Review:

From the author of The Verbally Abusive Relationship

If your partner: seems irritated or angry at you several times a week; denies being angry when he clearly is; does not work with you to resolve important issues; rarely or never seems to share thoughts or plans with you; or tells you that he has no idea what you're talking about when you try to discuss important problems...you need this book.