Becoming a Counselor: The Light, the Bright and the Serious

By Samuel T. Gladding

Book Overview

This book contains 156 personal, heart-warming, and often humorous vignettes from one of the most productive leaders and authors in the field. Readers get a firsthand look at Dr. Samuel Gladding's successes and setbacks from childhood to older adulthood in 17 sections covering significant life milestones, such as family-of-origin influences; education; peer relationships; skill acquisition; professional growth, rejection, happenstance, and achievement; clinical challenges; multicultural competence; and life and career transitions. The process of becoming a counselor is demystified and humanized, making this is an excellent resource for practicum and internship classes.

Published by the ACA Foundation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556204124
• ISBN13: 9781556204128
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book!

As a beginner counselor-in-training, this book has really calmed me down and allowed me to take a more open approach to the process of becoming a counselor. Dr. Gladding has really interesting, and sometimes funny stories that not only interest you, but also have a greater message. I start seeing clients soon, and have found this book to really help build up my confidence and feel more relaxed. I highly recommend it for beginner counselors who like learning through stories.

Light, Bright, and Serious

Dr. Gladding gives several wonderful, short but thought-provoking anecdotes and glimpses into the life of one of America's most recognized contemporary counselors. Associated with his counseling career and especially applicable for counselors, the text may also be refreshing for anyone who enjoys brief reflective reads that can be picked up, a segment completed, and picked up again.