Description: "This text presents current, accessible information on enhancing the counseling process using a brain-based paradigm. It explores how neuroscience, neurobiology, and related physiology can best inform, explain, and enhance the theory and practice of counseling. Leading experts provide guidelines and insights for becoming a skillful neuroscience-informed counselor, making direct connections between the material covered and clinical practice. In this new edition, chapters cover each of the eight common core areas in the 2024 CACREP Standards in addition to several specialty areas of the Standards. Detailed case studies, questions for reflection, quiz questions, and a glossary facilitate classroom use. The book is broadly designed for practicing counselors in the field, counselor education students in training (both master's and doctoral level), and counselor educators and supervisors"--
Brief description: Thomas A. Field, PhD, LMHC (MA, WA), LPC (OR, VA), LPC-MH (SD), NCC, CCMHC, ACS, is an associate professor and head of counselor, adult, and higher education in the College of Education at Oregon State University. He was previously a faculty member at Boston University School of Medicine. Thom holds a PhD in counseling and supervision from James Madison University. His research focuses on the integration of neuroscience into counseling practice and professional and social justice advocacy. He has published numerous articles and authored two books on the topic of neuroscience integration. Thom is currently a member of a research team that is studying the development of an emerging counseling theory called neuroscience-informed cognitive behavior therapy. Since 2017, Thom has served as the associate editor of the Neuroscience-Informed Counseling section of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling. He is a former coeditor of the "Neurocounseling: Bridging Brain and Behavior" column in Counseling Today magazine. In addition to performing faculty responsibilities, he has actively helped clients with mental health concerns since 2006. He has provided counseling to more than 1,000 clients during his career and currently maintains a small private practice.