Samuel T. Gladding is professor of counseling at Wake Forest University. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the David K. Brooks Distinguished Mentoring Award and the Arthur A. Hitchcock Distinguished Professional Service Award. He is past president of and a Fellow in the American Counseling Association. Gladding is also the author of a number of notable books, including Groups: A Counseling Specialty, The Creative Arts in Counseling, Becoming a Counselor: The Light, the Bright, and the Serious, and Family Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice.

The third edition of Theories of Counseling by Samuel T. Gladding delivers an easy-to-understand foundation of knowledge for helping professionals. From cultural considerations to reflective questions to classroom activities, this text makes learning the ‘what and why’ of counseling lead beautifully to the next steps of ‘how’.

• Chapter 1 Counseling Theories: An Overview Chapter 2 Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Therapies Chapter 3 Adlerian Therapy Chapter 4 Existential Therapy Chapter 5 Person-Centered Therapy Chapter 6 Gestalt Therapy Chapter 7 Choice Theory/Reality Therapy Chapter 8 Behavioral Therapies Chapter 9 Cognitive and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies Chapter 10 Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) Chapter 11 Transactional Analysis Chapter 12 Feminist Therapy Chapter 13 Bowen Systems Therapy Chapter 14 Strategic Therapy Chapter 15 Solution-Focused Therapy Chapter 16 Psychodrama Chapter 17 Crisis Counseling Chapter 18 Professional Ethics and Codes of Ethics Epilogue