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This book is intended to assist current graduate students; those interested in a graduate degree in the fields of counseling and psychology and those who have graduated from a graduate program in counseling and psychology gain the information necessary to choose the appropriate career path. Graduate...

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Main Author: Lucas, Audrey (Audrey A.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2015.
Series:Educational psychology collection.
Subjects:
Counseling > Vocational guidance.
Psychology > Vocational guidance.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Is career counseling a good option for you?
  • Student awareness of career counseling as a career choice
  • Career counseling: a diverse field
  • Career development theories
  • Skills needed by career counselors
  • Special populations and settings for career counselors
  • Career counseling in the schools
  • Career counselors in colleges and universities
  • Career counseling with adults
  • Other career counseling settings
  • Certification and training
  • Career development facilitators
  • Need for career counselors
  • 2. Professional school counseling
  • Introduction
  • Evolution of the transformed school counselor
  • ASCA's national model for school counseling programs
  • Elementary schools
  • Middle school
  • Certification, licensure, or endorsement
  • Certification requirements by state
  • 3. College level counseling
  • Academic and non academic units
  • Career and cooperative education
  • Admissions and recruitment offices
  • Job description for an admissions counselor
  • Student affairs and student development
  • Mental health counseling
  • Job description in a counseling center
  • 4. School psychology
  • Overview
  • Who are school psychologists?
  • What type of training do I need to become a school psychologist?
  • What characteristics do effective school psychologists possess?
  • What employment opportunities are available to persons holding a master's or specialist's degree in school psychology?
  • Once I obtain my degree and secure my job, am I done with my training?
  • What should I consider when applying to a school psychology program?
  • Where can I learn more about school psychology?
  • 5. Drug and alcohol addictions counseling
  • Qualifications to become a substance abuse counselor
  • Educational routes towards substance abuse licensure
  • Specialized training in substance abuse psychopharmacology
  • Assessment, evaluation & intake skill development
  • Treating the dual diagnosed: trauma/post traumatic stress disorder training
  • ASAM (American Society of Addictions Medicine) criteria
  • DSM-IV-TR substance diagnoses and dual diagnoses
  • Family therapy
  • Counselors in recovery
  • Specialized populations served
  • Career paths
  • Stress, burnout & self care issues
  • Use of community resources
  • State licensure requirements
  • National certification and/or licensure
  • 6. Counseling opportunities in the correctional system
  • Mental illness and the corrections' population
  • Employers of mental health counselors in corrections
  • Job description and responsibilities
  • Education and training
  • Personal characteristics of mental health counselor
  • About the authors
  • Index.

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