Upon completion of Chapter 15, you should be able to describe

• The professional issues associated with mental health counseling;
• The role and function of mental health counseling;
• Problems of living and mental disorders;
• Strategies for counseling suicidal clients;
• Strategies for counseling clients with substance abuse;
• Strategies for gerontological counseling;
• Mental health consultation;
• End-of-life issues;
• Preventative models of mental health counseling including relapse prevention;
• Stages of change; and
• Diversity issues in mental health counseling.