By Dan Nonte, University Relations
Dr. Jane Myers co-edited "Counseling for Wellness: Theory, Research and Practice."
Three faculty members in the Department of Counseling and Educational Development have recently published books. (Names of UNCG faculty members, all full professors, are in bold.)
• “Counseling for Wellness: Theory, Research, and Practice,” edited by Jane E. Myers and Thomas J. Sweeney.
“Counseling for Wellness” presents a research-based model for improving physical and mental health and well-being. Twenty-eight experts provide life-enhancing counseling applications for diverse groups, which can be used in schools, mental health agencies, counselor education programs, and business and industry. Wellness measurement, formal and informal assessment techniques, and future directions for research are discussed.
• “Integrating Spirituality and Religion into Counseling: A Guide to Competent Practice,” edited by Craig S. Cashwell and J. Scott Young.
Experts examine how spiritual and religious concerns can be integrated counseling. The book provides numerous techniques, case studies, and experiential activities relevant to everyday practice. Topics include assessing clients’ spiritual domain, counselor self-awareness and self-exploration, sensitivity and understanding of diverse spiritual expression, comprehension of spiritual and religious beliefs in a cultural context, using spiritual beliefs to help meet clients’ goals, spiritual development across the life span, and client referrals.
• “The New Handbook of Counseling Supervision,” written by L. DiAnne Borders and Lori L. Brown.
This completely revised, expanded and updated edition of the top-selling Association for Counselor Education and Supervision “Handbook of Counseling Supervision,” is written for teachers of counseling supervision courses, those who manage beginning supervisors, supervisors in field settings and in-service workshop trainers.
It presents a “how-to” approach for effective clinical supervision. It is designed both for master’s-level practitioners, offering concrete examples and demonstrations to illustrate theory, and for doctoral-level instructors as a complement to more academic texts in supervision. This new edition follows the basic outline of the previous book but includes more concrete, vignette-based examples of supervisory practice in a variety of settings. Experiences, issues and questions are provided that supervisors will encounter in their initial and ongoing supervision work.
