For upper‎-class undergraduates or beginning‎-level graduates in a variety of helping disciplines‎.‎ A practical‎,‎ readable text that introduces readers to basic counseling skills and emphasizes counselor development and counseling diversity‎.‎ Counseling Strategies and Interventions‎,‎ now in its eighth edition‎,‎ is a comprehensive‎,‎ skills‎-oriented‎,‎ and pragmatic text that provides students with an accessible introduction to the real world of counseling‎.‎ The far‎-reaching but concise text includes a variety of learning and application exercises to help students become empathetic and effective members of the counseling profession‎.‎ The new edition includes current issues and recently published sources to reflect the most contemporary thinking about the helping professions‎,‎ including new material on supervision‎,‎ ethical issues‎,‎ multicultural issues‎,‎ and the stages of change‎.‎