The Professional Counselor: Challenges and Opportunities

By Shannon Hodges

Book Overview

The Professional Counselor: Challenges and Opportunities weaves a rich narrative for the inner counselor of self-discovery, mindfulness and self-care, emotional intelligence, counselor identity, ethical issues, career maturation, and future trends in counseling.

Readers will be confronted with professional decision points regarding enrollment in the counselor profession, ethical issues, client treatment, accreditation, and occupational outlook. The text also posits counseling as an emerging global profession and addresses the ways technology will transform professional practice. Each chapter concludes with a Lessons Learned section in which the author uses his personal and professional experiences to address relevant professional issues in mindfulness-based treatment.

The Professional Counselor is an excellent resource and guide for students in graduate counseling programs, those considering the field, and counselors new to the profession.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367002213
• ISBN13: 9780367002213
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"