Section I: PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION.
1. The Counselor's Identity: What, Who, and How?
2. The Counseling Professions Past, Present, and Future.
3. Standards in the Profession: Ethics, Accreditation, Credentialing, and Multicultural/Social Justice Competencies.
Section II: THE HELPING RELATIONSHIP I: THEORIES AND SKILLS.
4. Individual Approaches to Counseling.
5. Counseling Skills.
Section III: THE HELPING RELATIONSHIP II: THE COUNSELOR WORKING IN SYSTEMS.
6. Couples and Family Counseling.
7. Group Work.
8. Consultation and Supervision.
Section IV: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERSON.
9. Development Across the Lifespan.
10. Abnormal Development, Diagnosis, and Psychopharmacology.
11. Career Development: The Counselor and the World of Work.
Section V: RESEARCH, PROGRAM EVALUATION, AND ASSESSMENT.
12. Testing and Assessment.
13. Research and Evaluation.
Section VI: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS IN COUNSELING.
14. Theory and Concepts of Multicultural Counseling.
15. Knowledge and Skills of Multicultural Counseling.
Section VII: SELECT SPECIALITY AREAS IN COUNSELING.
16. School Counseling.
17. Clinical Mental Health Counseling.
18. Student Affairs and College Counseling (Post-Secondary Counseling).
Afterword: A LOOK TOWARD YOUR FUTURE: APPLYING FOR GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND FINDING A JOB.