Becoming an Effective Counselor: A Guide for Advanced Clinical Courses

Becoming an Effective Counselor is a textbook for advanced clinical courses that guides counselors in training through the most challenging phases of their academic preparation. Chapters blend skills-based content, real-world student examples, and opportunities for personal reflection to help students navigate some of the most difficult aspects of clinical counseling. Written by authors with over 50 years of combined counseling experience, this volume prepares aspiring counselors to assess their progress, remediate deficiencies, and deepen their existing skills in a way that is attentive to both core counseling skills and counselors’ internal processes.

Justin E. Levitov, PhD, is professor emeritus in the Department of Counseling at Loyola University New Orleans.

Kevin A. Fall, PhD, is a professor and chair of the Department of Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology at Texas State University.