What do counselors do?  How do counseling students get the most from their graduate programs?  How do counselors work in a diverse society?  These are just a few of the essential questions addressed in Counseling Today: Foundations of Professional Identity.  
Counseling Today: Foundations of Professional Identity meets the needs of the current generation of students in a way that they learn best-- by using effective pedagogical aids and by presenting real life scenarios.
The authors provide a variety of access points to the topic through their authentic and research-based content. Through its innovative features, this text acquaints students with current issues and helps them solve entry level dilemmas. It also provides student opportunities to reflect on what they are learning and explore independently and in class through the process of refection. The authors believe in the development of reflective practitioners who learns through examining controversy, staying on top of current  research and challenging their own thinking.