Orientation to the Counseling Profession: Advocacy, Ethics, and Essential Professional Foundations, 4th Edition

Orientation to the Counseling Profession provides a wealth of information on the foundational and emerging issues of the counseling profession.

It includes coverage of advocacy and multicultural counseling, licensure, professional associations, ethical/legal issues, crisis prevention and intervention, consultation, supervision, outcome research and more. Diverse applications are shown across the life span, settings and specialties. Designed to provide future counselors with the most current professional training standards and practices, this comprehensive resource is precisely aligned to the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) standards. The 4th Edition reflects the 2024 CACREP standards and the MPCAC and CAEP (ASCA SPA) professional accreditation and licensure standards. Current and innovative, it covers trends in practice, key issues, and an enhanced focus on diversity, equity and inclusion in counseling.Orientation to the Counseling Profession: Advocacy, Ethics, and Essential Professional Foundations 4th Edition is written by Bradley T. Erford and published by Pearson. ISBNs for Orientation to the Counseling Profession are 9780138069902, 0138069905 and the print ISBNs are 9780137849260, 0137849265. Additional ISBNs include 9780138069766, 9780139442100, 9780138069797, 9780135332306, 9780138069889.