Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Figures -- Preface to the Fourth Edition: The Legend of The Purple Book -- Acknowledgments -- The National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification (NCE) at a Glance -- The Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE) at a Glance -- Historic NBCC Announcement Could Impact Your Career -- 1. Study Guides: My Own Humble Beginnings -- 2. How to End Exam Worries -- 3. Human Growth and Development -- 4. Social and Cultural Diversity -- 5. Counseling and Helping Relationships -- 6. Group Counseling and Group Work -- 7. Career Development -- 8. Assessment and Testing -- 9. Research and Program Evaluation -- 10. Professional Orientation and Ethical Practice -- 11. Counseling Families, Diagnosis, Neurocounseling, and Advanced Concepts -- 12. Final Overview and Last-Minute Super-Review Boot Camp -- 13. Graphical Representations -- 14. Resources Index About the Author

With more questions and answers than any other edition, the Encyclopedia of Counseling, Fourth Edition, is stillthe only book you need to pass the NCE, CPCE, and other counseling exams. Every chapter has new and updated material and is still written in Dr. Rosenthal's lively, user-friendly style counselors know and love. The book's new and improved coverage incorporates a range of vital topics, including social media, group work in career counseling, private practice and nonprofit work, addictions, neurocounseling, research trends, the DSM-5, the new ACA and NBCC codes of ethics, and much, much more.--Publisher website.