Disability Definitions, Diagnoses, and Practice Implications: An Introduction for Counselors

This introductory text defines and describes disability, while providing concrete practice guidelines and recommendations for students in the fields of counseling, social work, and the helping professions. Various specialty areas are explored in detail, including marriage and family counseling, adolescent counseling, addictions counseling, LGBTQ concerns, multicultural counseling, and career counseling.

The first three chapters lay the foundations by discussing the demand for counseling ser...