This book provides concise definitions of key concepts and interventions in the field of Counseling. The book includes 500 new terms, the names of prominent professionals who have shaped the profession, and a brief history of counseling and the American Counseling Association. School Counselors.
I am a native of Decatur, Georgia. My parents were Virginians. My wife, Claire, is a Connecticut Nutmegger. Two of my three children were born in Birmingham, Alabama, the other in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. My previous academic appointments were at Fairfield University and UAB but since 1990 I have been a professor in the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University.
I have been president of the American Counseling Association, the American Association of State Counseling Boards, and Chi Sigma Iota (international counseling honorary). I have written about counselor identity, family therapy, groups, counseling theories, ethics, and the creative arts in counseling. I am a licensed professional counselor and continue to practice as a clinician. I have taught counseling courses throughout the United States and in Canada, Estonia, Austria, and Malaysia. In the spring of 2010 I was a Fulbright Specialist to Turkey. Counseling has also taken me as a keynoter or presenter to South Africa, Argentina, Australia, and Germany. I was a mental health responder after 9/11 in New York (Pier 94)and after the Virginia Tech shootings. In the mid-1990s I worked in the homes of Mother Teresa.
When not writing books I enjoy reading history and humor, swimming, walking, and "hanging out" with my family. I am somewhat of an existentialist although I use a variety of approaches in my work as a counselor.
