Introduction to Counseling: Integration of Faith, Professional Identity, and Clinical Practice
Introduction to Counseling: Integration of Faith, Professional Identity, and Clinical Practice provides a comprehensive introduction to the profession and faith integration.
The publication helps students understand how to be and think like an ethically responsible Counselor who is also a Christian and sought an education, which included a Christian worldview.
Introduction to Counseling: Integration of Faith, Professional Identity, and Clinical Practice:
- is not focused on training Christian counselors. Rather, it is focused on training future Professional Counselors who want to understand how to be true to their faith without imposing values on clients.
- explains what it means to be a professional counselor, the roles and functions included in being a professional counselor, as well as the historical antecedents, current trends, and future outlook of the profession.
- describes how the counseling role is complementary and distinct from other professionals, what students uniquely bring to the counseling profession, and an understanding of how to integrate their identity as a Christian into the profession.
- is designed to address CACREP standards related to Professional Identity.
- Is divided into four main categories of foundational information about professional identity: Who We Are and What We Do, Spiritual and Ethical Cornerstones, Counseling in Practice, and Looking to the Future.
Introduction to Counseling: Integration of Faith, Professional Identity, and Clinical Practice
Chapter 3: Professional Counselor Roles and Practice Settings
After reading this chapter, you will understand more about:
The various settings in which counselors can practice, including outpatient, inpatient, private practice, telemental health, and college counseling centers, among others.
The foundational philosophy of prevention and intervention with clients with practice settings.
The specialty areas in which counselors can gain expertise, including marriage and family, substance abuse, crisis and trauma, and addictions, among others.
The professional roles and functions of counselors, including administrative, consultative, and supervisory roles.
The roles and responsibilities of counselors who work with treatment and interdisciplinary response teams.
The following CACREP standards are addressed in this chapter:
Professional Counseling Orientation and Ethical Practice:
The multiple professional roles and functions of counselors across specialized practice areas (CACREP, 2024, Standard 3.A.2.)
Counselors’ roles, responsibilities, and relationships as members of specialized practice and interprofessional teams, including (a) collaboration and consultation, (b) community outreach, and (c) emergency response management (CACREP, 2024, Standard 3.A.3.)
The role and process of the professional counselor advocating on behalf of and with individuals receiving counseling services to address systemic, institutional, architectural, attitudinal, disability, and social barriers that impede access, equity, and success (CACREP, 2024, Standard 3.A.4.)
The purpose of and roles within counseling supervision in the profession (CACREP, 2024, Standard 3.A.12.)