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Student Manual for Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy

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This Student Manual accompanies the Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy text and covers: Practice, Ethics, Psychoanalytic, Adlerian, Existential, Person-Centered, Gestalt, Reality, Behavior, Cognitive-Behavior, and Family Systems Therapy.

The Student Manual has some of the hands on tests, assessment forms, ethics codes etc. that I wish had been put in the text. Also, the text is so dense and meaty that the questions and definitions in the text are almost essential if you are being tested on this material. The chapters follow along with the book. Each chapter starts with a pretest in which you discover your agreement with the concepts presented (e.g. if you answer yes to all the TF questions in the Behavioral chapter, then this theory fits your style well.) Some of these pretests are inventory surveys that you are supposed to use as a basis of discussion -- I find this stuff highly subjective and useless - but then again I am an engineer and like to know how to actually DO things.

In each of the chapters you get:

1) Initial attitude questionaire that also acts as a list of underlying assumptions for the school of therapy being discussed

2) 3 or 4 page review of the chapter

3) definitions of important terms

4) Questions, Cases, Activities for use in class that would be fine if the prof were there guiding a discussion but are without feedback for the solitary reader.

5) A quiz on the chapter with answer key in back of book.

Chapters with more supplemental material in addition to 1-5 listed above:

Chapter 2: Useless surveys re your attitudes. A "Quick Discrimination Index" which is designed to "assess sensitivity ...to cultural diversity and gender equity" which should have been entitled "Find out how politically correct you are". Apparently, I am discriminatory because I think it is more inportant for moms to be with babies in the first year (when men can breastfeed, I'll change my answer!) This stuff was all fairly worthless.

Chapter 3: Good stuff: sample therapist-client contract, ACA Code of Ethis, APA Code of Conduct.

Chap 5: Blank Lifestyle Assessment Questionaire (for use with clients) with filled out form for "Stan".

Chap 6: Existential Activities

Chap 7: Practice sheet for reflecting feelings

Chap 8: Gestalt exercises

Chap 9: Reprint of the Cycle of managing, supervising, counseling and coaching using reality therapy

Chap 10: Sample worksheet on translating broad goals into specific goals, worksheet on how to be concrete, relaxation exercise

Chap 11: Questionaire for discovering underlying issues ("shoulds" "oughts") REBT Self-Help Form

Chap 12: One of Sitir's exercises to see where you are transfering people from your past onto people in your present. Questions useful for eliciting info on Family Systems from client.

this book really helps with understanding Corey's Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy. This book is a great buy! You wont regret it.

This book is the 6th edition. Go look at the Front cover viewing. Again, this book is the 6th edition! Not the 7th!

As far as student workbooks this one is just OK, but no one is going to fill in all the blanks. It seemed excessive, to the point of overkill. I needed it for a class, and read through it, but used it very minimally. It mirrors the textbook with chapters on the following therapies: psychoanalytic, Adlerian, existential, person-centered, Gestalt, Reality, behavior, cognitive behavior, feminist, and family systems. Each of these chapters has a review quiz and the answers are in the appendix.

I have found this student workbook very helpful learning the 11 approaches to counseling and psychotherapy. I really enjoyed how they dealt with the same client, Stan in each chapter applying another therapeutic technique. There is also a DVD titled Theory in Practice:The Case of Stan that was helpful. This workbook sure did give me an edge over my peers. Enjoy!

Corey has done an exceptional job of expounding upon the theories he includes in this text. There are biographical notes for the major "players" in the fields of psychotherapy, as well as the breakdown of each therapy into distinct examinations of basic theory, key concepts, techniques, roles of therapist, contributions to psychotherapy, and limitations of the theory in practical applications. This book is designed for student use both in its format and its clear, concise language. By way of definition between the theories, Corey includes a case study of "Stan" which each of the theories address through their own constructs in their various chapters. It is very good to see how each theory would approach "Stan" as a comparative basis.

I am very please with this student manual. It's well rounded, with all the main points addresss, easy to read, and excellent review questions.

This workbook is helpful for understanding the material in the book. It's great for the mid-term and final exam.

great book got to me in perfect condition got to me on time with the right packing thanks for sending it to the right adress on time nd that you for the great book very well done

I was greatly impressed with how much you can learn and practice on with this Student Manual. IF you are needing this to accompany Corey's textbook, then I would greatly suggest to buy this SM as well. Very insightful and simple, gives you a better understanding about the concepts of Counseling Therapy.