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Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy

by Gerald Corey

Published 2023550 pagesISBN 978-0-3577-6442-8

Incorporating the thinking, feeling, and behaving dimensions of human experience, the tenth edition of Corey's best-selling book helps students compare and contrast the therapeutic models expressed in counseling theories. Corey introduces students to the major theories (psychoanalytic, Adlerian, existential, person-centered, Gestalt, reality, behavior, cognitive-behavior, family systems, feminist, postmodern, and integrative approaches) and demonstrates how each theory can be applied to two cases ("Stan" and "Gwen"). With his trademark style, he shows students how to apply theories in practice, and helps them learn to integrate the theories into an individualized counseling style. - Publisher.

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Mental Health. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Reading lengthA longer, immersive read550 pages in this edition
Publication eraContemporaryFirst published or edition dated 2023
Primary categoryMental HealthExplore similar books below
ISBN-13
978-0-3577-6442-8
Language
English
Edition record
OL39419982M
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Best when you want to settle into a longer reading experience.

Begin with its place in Mental Health, then notice where the book resists that label.

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Read for connection, not completion.

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Three questions to carry with you

  1. Which ideas feel usable in your actual circumstances—not only persuasive on the page?
  2. Where does the author distinguish evidence, experience, and opinion?
  3. What would a small, humane experiment with one idea look like?

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