Includes bibliographical references and index.

Counselor role and functions, professional ethics, stress, and self-care -- Psychoanalytic theory -- Adlerian theory -- Existential theory -- Person-centered theory -- Gestalt theory -- Behavioral theory -- Cognitive-behavioral theory -- Reality therapy & choice theory -- Feminist therapy approaches -- Postmodernism : constructivism and social constructionism -- Family therapy approaches -- Multicultural & international approaches -- Moving toward a personal theory of counseling.

The authors bring decades of expertise in the classroom and the field to evaluating theories, analyzing multicultural practices, and advocating for social justice to their writing. Each theory is presented through a multicultural and social justice-oriented lens, including evidence to support each theory.