Assessment in Counseling

<p><em>Assessment in Counseling: Guiding Practice and Decision Making </em>considers the real-world use of assessment by counselors and other helping professionals. The book underscores the importance of collecting data to understand a client's history current circumstances and future goals; provide a clinical diagnosis; develop goals and objectives for treatment; and determine the appropriate time to terminate treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Section I introduces the assessment process lists the characteristics of good assessments reviews various instruments and approaches to assessment and discusses the use of the DSM as an assessment tool. Section II describes the use of assessments across different functional areas in the counseling profession including school-based assessment assessment in hospitalization settings in addictions work in times of crisis and trauma in forensic settings and more. The final section discusses additional considerations including working in interdisciplinary teams and reading and writing evaluation reports. Each chapter features an introduction learning objectives exercises and case illustrations and a closing exercise to bring the chapter's material together.</p><p> </p><p>Highly practical and realistic <em>Assessment in Counseling </em>is an excellent resource for courses and programs in counseling as well as practicing helping professionals.</p>