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Counseling: Basics of Counseling

Mandatory Source

All mental health practitioners should have access to DSM materials which provide a detailed description of mental health disorders. When you are doing your research about a particular disorder, you should refer to and include DSM materials in your research. We strongly recommend that you use the recently updated version of DSM. The most recent edition is DSM-5-TR.

Counseling Theories

The following books give a simple and clear overview of the most commonly used counseling theories. Feel free to check out the Made Simple Series (New Harbinger Publications) and Theories of Psychotherapy Series for an overview of other models or theories.

Subjects: Counseling