Days in the lives of counselors Book

	Preface
	Introduction
	About the Editors
Pt. 1	Agency-Based Practice	1
1	Counseling in Rural America	1
2	A Few Pills Here, a Little LSD There, Some Alcohol, and Hey, If a New Drug Hits Town, Why Not?	7
3	Priming the Pump: Providing Necessary Skills for Positive Mental Health	14
4	Play Therapy	19
5	All in a Day's Work - Therapy with Adolescents	25
6	Rehabilitation Counseling of the Blind and Visually Impaired	31
7	Meaningful Volunteer Work as a Counselor	37
Pt. 2	Private Practice	43
8	The Day-to-Day Life of a Clinical Sexologist	43
9	The Coach Becomes a Stage	49
10	Forensic Rehabilitation Counseling	55
11	A Counselor in the Long-Term Care Center	59
12	An Art Therapist/Counselor in Private Practice	65
13	A Family Counselor's Typical Day	76
14	Dealing with Dimensions of Diverse Populations	84
Pt. 3	School Counseling	91
15	Five Minutes	91
16	Living/Directing/Guiding - One Professional School Counselor's View	101
17	School-Based Play Therapy	106
18	Just Another Manic Monday	113
19	The Cop and the Counselor	120
20	Exit Stage Left: My Last Days of Middle School	127
Pt. 4	Higher Education: Counselor Education and Counseling Centers	133
21	Advisor, Confidant, Mentor, Confessor, Sounding Board, Ogre, and Friend	133
22	From Junior High School to Community College: The Dilemma of a Latino Professional in Counseling	139
23	Strength-Based, Solution-Focused Consultation and Education	144
24	My Privileged and Fulfilling Life as a Counselor Educator	151
25	To Be or Not to Be: A Multicultural Counselor Educator's Perspective	160
26	Counselors Advocating for Academic Success and Equity in the Bronx	168
Pt. 5	Crisis Intervention	177
27	Crisis Intervention Counseling	177
28	Crises Counseling at Hope House	182
29	What I Get from Giving: Volunteering for the American Red Cross	187
Pt. 6	Practice in Distant Lands	193
30	Counseling in Zimbabwe - Africa's House of Stone	193
31	Coconut Heaven	200
Pt. 7	Practice to Support the Profession	205
32	Counseling: A View from an Association Management Perspective	205
33	Life as an Editor: The Tao of Writing, Review, Rejection, and Revision	212