Wellness Counseling

Description

Developed by a professor who has been teaching a popular and innovative wellness counseling course for over a decade, this new text is organized into a format specifically designed to meet the needs of both counselor education graduate students and their teachers ― making both teaching and learning the material easier and more intuitive.   Giving a general but comprehensive overview of the subject of wellness, Wellness Counseling offers students a compelling balance of the science and research in the field, the theories that have emerged from this research, and the practical applications that we can take away from practicing these theories. Holistic, scientific, and ultimately concerned with the humanity of counseling, this text strives to be inclusive ― especially of the psychological and social aspects of wellness that have gained more attention in recent years.   The book is organized in three main sections. While Section One is concerned with the background of wellness as a healthcare paradigm in the United States and major theories of wellness, and historical context for wellness, Section Two contains specific information on the social, physical, emotional, and cognitive domains of wellness.  The last main section of the book synthesizes the first two sections of the book to extract practical applications of wellness in behavioral healthcare intervention counseling. Cover Title Page Copyright Page PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Contents Part I: Wellness: A Paradigm for Behavioral Healthcare CHAPTER 1 THE WELLNESS CHALLENGE Healthcare: A Fundamental Mismatch Results of the Healthcare Mismatch CHAPTER 2 EVOLUTION OF WELLNESS Striving for Health and Wellness Greek Health and Medicine Jewish and Christian Emphases Native American Healing Eastern and Chinese Medicine Modern Western Medicine Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Wellness Other Disciplines Persistence of the Placebo Wellness in Counseling and Human Development Early Contemporary Wellness Efforts CHAPTER 3 THEORETICAL MODELS FOR WELLNESS COUNSELING Wellness Counseling Themes Counseling Models of Wellness Part II: Wellness Counseling in Practice CHAPTER 4 CHANGE SCIENCE: MODELS AND METHODS Models of the Change Process Behavioral Learning Model Health Belief Model Theory of Reasoned Action and Theory of Planned Behavior Transtheoretical Model Social Cognitive Theory Adherence Counseling Model for Positive Behavioral Change Summary CHAPTER 5 COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS NCCAM Therapy Classifications Definitions of CAM Therapies A Wellness Counselor’s Philosophy Concerning CAM Providing or Recommending a CAM Service Summary CHAPTER 6 INCORPORATING WELLNESS COUNSELING INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE: A CASE EXAMPLE Psychosocial Interview Wellness Assessment Teach a Wellness Model Developing Personal Wellness Plans With Clients Goal Development Counseling Interventions A Case Study Using a Wellness Approach Wellness Counseling Practice Issues Summary Part III: Dimensions of Wellness CHAPTER 7 COGNITION: RULES FOR REALITY Cognition and Wellness: Biological Underpinnings Cognition and Wellness: Social and Cultural Impacts Wellness Counseling and Cognitive Functioning Summary CHAPTER 8 EMOTIONAL REGULATION: STONES AND WATER Emotions Emotion Regulation Mental Health Physical Health Rumination, Suppression, and Locus of Control Interventions Spirituality and Meditation Mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Interventions Emotional Intelligence Summary CHAPTER 9 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING Physical Activity, Exercise, and Psychological Well-Being: Key Definitions and Distinctions Exercise and Depression Proposed Psychological Mechanisms Proposed Biological Mechanisms The Challenge of Promoting Physical Activity Participation: A Role for Psychological Outcomes? Summary CHAPTER 10 NUTRITION FOR WELLNESS: FUELING THE MIND/BODY Human Nutrition Nutrients: The Building Blocks of Nutrition Misinformation Nutrition Professionals Nutrition Care Process Nutrition Counseling Professional Counseling Systemic Framework: Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecology New Frontiers: Nutrigenomics and Metabolomics CHAPTER 11 PREVENTIVE SELF-CARE: BENEFITS OF MODERN MEDICINE Self-Care: Defined Self-Care: Then and Now Strategies for Promoting Self-Care Barriers to Self-Care Role of Wellness Counselors in Promoting Self-Care CHAPTER 12 MEANING AND WELLNESS: PURPOSE FOR LIVING Meaning in the Wellness Literature Measuring Meaning and Purpose in Life How can a Counselor Help Clients Develop a Sense of Meaning? Summary CHAPTER 13 SPIRITUALITY: BENEFITS OF BELIEF Spirituality and Religion in Wellness Models of Wellness that Incorporate Spirituality The Effects of Spiritual Practice on Wellness Issues for Practitioners Assessing Spirituality and Religion Summary CHAPTER 14 OUR COLLECTIVE WISDOM ON SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND WELLNESS Evolution of Research on Social Relationships and Wellness Variety of Research on Social Relationships and Wellness Current Topics of Interest in Social Relationships and Wellness Applying Our Collective Wisdom CHAPTER 15 SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS: BURDENS AND BENEFITS Social Relationships and Wellness: An Overview Our “Cross-Developmental” Relationship Task Five Life Tasks for Wellness and Social Relationships CHAPTER 16 CREATIVITY: SPARK OF WELLNESS The Benefits of Creativity in Wellness Ways of Promoting Wellness Through Creativity Summary Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z