One of the first books in the field of counseling to use a competency-based approach for teaching counseling and psychotherapy theories, Gehart's text is designed to teach the skills and knowledge outlined in current CACREP Standards. Featuring state-of-the-art, outcomes-based pedagogy, the text introduces counseling and psychotherapy theories using theory-informed case conceptualization as well as treatment planning. Assignments empower students to apply theoretical concepts and develop real-world skills as early as possible in their training, resulting in greater mastery of the material.

Section I: INTRODUCTION TO THEORIES, COMPETENCIES, AND TREATMENT PLANNING.
1. Counseling Theory, Competency, Research, and You: Connecting the Dots.
2. Treatment Planning.
Section II: COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY THEORIES.
3. Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Counseling and Psychotherapy.
4. Jungian Analytic Psychology.
5. Alderian Individual Counseling.
6. Person-Centered Counseling and Psychotherapy.
7. Existential Counseling and Psychotherapy.
8. Gestalt Counseling and Psychotherapy.
9. Foundational Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches.
10. Evidence-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches: Dialectic Behavior Therapy and Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.
11. Systemic Family Counseling and Therapy.
12. Solution-Based Approaches.
13. Narrative and Collaborative Approaches.
14. Feminist and Multicultural Counseling and Psychotherapy.
Section III: THEORETICAL INTEGRATION AND CASE CONCEPTUALIZATION.
15. Introduction to Theoretical Integration.
16. Integrative Case Conceptualization.

One of the first books in the field of counseling to use a competency-based approach for teaching counseling and psychotherapy theories, Gehart's text is designed to teach the skills and knowledge outlined in current CACREP Standards. Featuring state-of-the-art, outcomes-based pedagogy, the text introduces counseling and psychotherapy theories using theory-informed case conceptualization as well as treatment planning. Assignments empower students to apply theoretical concepts and develop real-world skills as early as possible in their training, resulting in greater mastery of the material. New Chapter on Trauma-Related Evidence-Based Treatments: A new chapter (Chapter 10) discusses evidence-based cognitive behavioral treatments (CBT), specifically, dialectic behavioral therapy (DBT) and trauma-focused CBT for children. Both approaches are used extensively with clients who have experienced childhood and complex trauma. Theory-Specific Case Conceptualization Templates: Each theory chapter now includes a theory-specific case conceptualization outline that students and therapists can use to develop case conceptualizations using a single theory. This conceptualization can be used to create a theory-specific treatment plan. Each chapter also presents a sample theory-specific case conceptualization as part of the case study. Revised Case Conceptualization and Treatment Plan Forms: The cross-theoretical case conceptualization and treatment plan forms have been revised to be more succinct and easier to use. Digital forms are available for download. Separate Jungian Chapter: Jungian analysis is now covered in a separate chapter (Chapter 4), and includes a case study. Practice Exercises: "Try it yourself" exercises throughout the text give students hands-on practice using assessment and intervention techniques. Questions for Reflection and Class Discussion: Each chapter includes a new section designed to engage students more thoughtfully in the material by promoting personal reflection and class discussion. Using state-of-the-art pedagogical methods, THEORY AND TREATMENT PLANNING IN COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY is part of a new generation of textbooks specifically designed to thoughtfully promote student mastery of the material while enabling faculty to easily measure student learning outcomes. Rather than delivering content in a traditional narrative style, the text engages students in an active learning process that uses outcomes-based pedagogy. More specifically, it introduces counseling and psychotherapy theories using two clinically relevant assignments: theory-informed case conceptualization and theory-specific treatment planning. These assignments empower students to apply theoretical concepts and develop real-world skills as early as possible in their training, resulting in greater and quicker mastery of the material. The author uses a friendly style to explain concepts in clear and practical language that contemporary students appreciate.