Taking a holistic approach, this textbook places counseling theories and the therapeutic process in the context of actual lived experience. Case studies demonstrate the real application of counseling skills and highlight the complexity of client emotions and behaviors. Flasher (clinical psychologist, Children's Health Council) and Fogle (speech-language pathology, University of the Pacific) present strategies for dealing with difficult emotional states, giving bad news, repairing counseling errors, and handling crises. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Paul T. Fogle, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, has been a speech-language pathologist for over 35 years. Although he earned all of his degrees in speech-language pathology, he minored in psychology throughout each degree. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1970 and his Masters of Arts in 1971, both at California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Fogle earned his doctorate in 1976 from the University of Iowa. He specialized in neurological disorders in adults and children and stuttering. Since receiving his Ph.D., he has taught undergraduate courses on Introduction to Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Anatomy and Physiology of Speech, and Organic Disorders. At the graduate level he has taught Neurological Disorders in Adults, Motor Speech Disorders, Dysphagia/ Swallowing Disorders, Gerontology, Voice Disorders, Cleft Palate and Oral-Facial Anomalies, and Counseling Skills for Speech-Language Pathologists. Since the early 1990s, he has been training in counseling psychology and family therapy. Dr. Fogle has worked extensively in hospitals, including Veteran Administration Hospitals, university hospitals, and acute, subacute, and convalescent hospitals. He has maintained a year-round private practice for over 30 years.

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