Includes bibliographical references and index.

Editors preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- The value of theory to reflective practice -- Theory and the reflective practitioner / Richard C. Parsons -- Multicultural considerations : within and beyond traditional counseling theories / Dong Xie -- Case conceptualization : the case of Y-Chun / Naijian Zhang & Richard D. Parsons -- Theories and their applications -- Freud and psychoanalytic theory / Faith Deveaux -- Individual psychology-Alfred Adler / Robyn L. Trippany-Simmons, Matthew R. Buckley, Kristin Meany-Walen, Tiffany Rush-Wilson -- Existential counseling and psychotherapy / Mark B. Scholl, Mike Walsh, & Michelle Perepiczka -- Carl Rogers and person-centered counseling / Marjorie C. Witty & Ray Adomaitis -- Gestalt therapy / Joseph Spillman & Christina M. Rosen -- Cognitive-behavior theories / Julia Porter -- Behavior theory / Barbara Trolley & Christopher Siuta -- Reality therapy / David A. Scott & Hannah G. Barfield) -- Solution focused therapy / Brand Flamez & Joshua C. Watson -- Relational-cultural theory in the context of feminism / Kristi B.Cannon, Jason Patton, & Stacee L.Reicherzer -- Family and couples therapy / Rebecca Goldberg -- Looking to the future -- Seeking integration / Adam Zagelbaum, Maureen Buckley, Shana Friedman, and Kalia Gurnee -- East meets west : integration and complementation / Michael G. Laurent & Shengli Dong.