Title: Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession (Merrill Counseling)
Author: Samuel Gladding
Edition: 8th Edition
Publisher: Pearson
Publication Date: January 10, 2017
ISBN-10: 9780134460604
ISBN-13: 978-0134460604

This highly respected resource offers the most readable, practical, and comprehensive overview of the roles and responsibilities of the professional counselor available, updated and improved to meet the evolving needs of today’s counselors. Samuel Gladding’s foundational guide emphasizes counseling as both a profession and an identity, meticulously detailing the essential roles and responsibilities professional counselors undertake. Designed to equip students for the professional challenges ahead, the 8th edition incorporates the latest research from counseling journals and professional resources. It features an even stronger focus on counseling as an identity and profession, alongside new or expanded sections covering crucial topics such as wellness, trauma, social justice, theories, process, multiculturalism, diversity, rehabilitation, motivational interviewing, bullying, microaggression, international counseling, addiction, abuse, and comprehensive ethical and legal issues within the counseling profession. This edition is meticulously prepared to help aspiring counselors navigate professional challenges and build a successful lifetime career as effective practitioners.