American Counseling Assn.

Critical incidents in clinical supervision; addictions, community, and school counseling.

In this text for counselor educators, clinical supervisors, counselors, and supervisees, Tyson (counselor education, University of Alabama) provides guidance on critical aspects of supervision using case incidents, 33 in all, in which a supervisor or supervisee faces an ethical, moral, legal, or clinical dilemma. The cases address supervision issues that commonly occur in chemical dependency, community counseling, and school settings. Each chapter contains a description of a critical incident, followed by discussion questions and two different responses, allowing readers to examine differing approaches to the incident. The book can be used as a text, supplementary text, or reference for advanced or beginning courses in supervision, ethical and legal issues, and other counseling courses. There is no subject index. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Developing clinical skills in suicide assessment, prevention, and treatment.

McGlothlin (counseling and human development, Kent State U.) details how to evaluate, use prevention techniques, and treat suicidal clients using assessment interviews and tools. He discusses how to identify lethality using his model, create a prevention and treatment plan, and work with different populations and family members in different settings. Other chapters address legal and ethical issues and what to do when suicide occurs. One chapter contains stories from clinicians. The book is aimed at beginning mental health clinicians, and undergraduate and graduate students in psychology, social work, and community or mental health, school, rehabilitation, or marriage and family counseling. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)