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 11: Assessment and Diagnosis
After reading this chapter, you will understand more about:
The historical perspectives of assessment and testing in the counseling profession.
The nature and meaning of assessment and testing as it relates to the multiple roles of counselors across disciplines.
The importance of test worthiness, scoring and interpreting procedures, different types of assessments, as well as report writing.
The diagnostic process, including differential diagnosis and the use of current diagnostic classification systems (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
The legal, ethical, and professional issues as they relate to assessment, testing, and diagnosis.
The following CACREP standards are addressed in this chapter:
Assessment and Testing:
Historical perspectives concerning the nature and meaning of assessment and testing in counseling (CACREP, 2024, Standard 3.G.1.)
Reliability and validity in the use of assessments (CACREP, 2024, Standard 3.G.4.)
Culturally sustaining and developmental considerations for selecting, administering, and interpreting assessments, including individual accommodations and environmental modifications (CACREP, 2024, Standard 3.G. 5.)
Ethical and culturally relevant strategies for selecting, administering, and interpreting assessments (CACREP, 2024, Standard 3.G.6.)