Main description:

Gehart's book helps readers gain the skills and knowledge outlined in current CACREP Standards. It introduces counseling and psychotherapy theories using theory-informed case conceptualization as well as treatment planning. Assignments empower readers to apply theoretical concepts and develop real-world skills as early as possible in their training, resulting in greater mastery of the material.

Contents:

Section I: INTRODUCTION TO THEORIES, COMPETENCIES, AND TREATMENT PLANNING.
1. Counseling Theory, Competency, Research, and You: Connecting the Dots.
2. Treatment Planning.
Section II: COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY THEORIES.
3. Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Counseling and Psychotherapy.
4. Jungian Analytic Psychology.
5. Alderian Individual Counseling.
6. Person-Centered Counseling and Psychotherapy.
7. Existential Counseling and Psychotherapy.
8. Gestalt Counseling and Psychotherapy.
9. Foundational Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches.
10. Evidence-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches: Dialectic Behavior Therapy and Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.
11. Systemic Family Counseling and Therapy.
12. Solution-Based Approaches.
13. Narrative and Collaborative Approaches.
14. Feminist and Multicultural Counseling and Psychotherapy.
Section III: THEORETICAL INTEGRATION AND CASE CONCEPTUALIZATION.
15. Introduction to Theoretical Integration.
16. Integrative Case Conceptualization.