This new edition of the best known and only comprehensive reference covering counseling in clinical and educational settings is completely updated and revised, with chapters by leading figures in counseling psychology.

The Fourth Edition contains new chapters covering the most current information and important emerging professional trends including:

• APA ethical standards
• Managed care and prescription privileges
• The growing use of technology in research, assessment, and counseling
• The international growth of counseling psychology
• Social justice issues
• Positive psychology
• Multicultural psychology
• Counseling/supervision process and outcome
• Vocational psychology
• Prevention and development