An indispensable handbook for assisting clients in crisis and in their journey toward healing Integrating practical training with both research and theory, Fundamentals of Crisis Counseling offers students and professionals proven hands-on techniques to assist clients in recovery from crisis and towards an eventual return to their day-to-day lives. Written in the author's gentle yet purposeful voice, this reader-friendly guide is filled with lessons on current evidence-based counseling, how to operate as a client stress manager, and information on finding resources that facilitate client resilience. In addition, the author helps counselors improve counseling effectiveness by gaining a better understanding of their own strengths and weaknesses and emphasizes the importance of self-care. Stemming from the author's thirty-five years of experience as a crisis counselor, this book contains valuable information on: Crisis theory and intervention models Concepts, techniques, assessment, and treatment for disaster mental health work Legal and ethical concerns regarding working with individuals, groups, couples, and families Assessment and instrument selection Main concepts and techniques of brief therapy, motivational interviewing, stages of change, positive psychology, grief therapy, client resilience, and spirituality Multicultural crisis counseling techniques centered on age, gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity Counselor self-care complete with case studies and examples Ideal for all mental health professionals looking for guidance on best practices in crisis counseling, this book is also suitable for training professionals and counseling students. The book includes access to an online instructor's test bank, PowerPoint slides, and syllabi in line with 2009 Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) standards. Fundamentals of Crisis Counseling imparts useful knowledge on little utilized crisis counseling abilities, preparing counselors at every stage to effectively respond to the immediate and lasting affects of crisis.

This handbook has been prepared with the knowledge that Guidance and Counseling services are indispensable in any institution of learning. They become increasingly important in the context of students intending to be professional teachers who will handle learners faced with multiple adjustment challenges in tertiary institutions and secondary schools. Institutions of learning prepare learners for areas such as; overall growth, academic and personal-social problems, and challenges related to holistic development. In assisting the students to identify and recognize their specific areas of excellence and to enable them match these with their chosen careers; students should be equipped with knowledge and skills that prepare them for the world of work. Providing students with relevant information and bridging the gap between them and the job market, this book will provide invaluable information on life skills to enable them to cope with the changing world of diverse culture. The modern school is plagued with myriad problems requiring teachers to be well versed with the current trends in education, changing culture and professional expertise is required to address common institutional challenges including drug abuse, adolescence-related ills, rape, HIV/AIDS, poor academic performance, truancy, bullying, depression, peer pressure among others. All these require regular and urgent attention from the school counselors. It is hoped that lecturers, tutors and students will find the book useful. The areas covered in the handbook are tailored to assist student teachers preparing to handle students in tertiary colleges, secondary and primary schools.