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Conversations with Jeremiah on the Magic of Counseling by Geoffrey G. Yager, Ph.D.: A non-traditional introduction to counseling with a special focus on counselor self-care. Conversations with Jeremiah on the Magic of Counseling is not a typical textbook. It is a unique approach to teaching, written in a conversational and casual style in order to engage students. The book describes the weekly meetings of two young counseling graduate students and their mysterious mentor over the course of the academic year. The mentor answers the questions of his protégés using thirty illustrative stories. The underlying themes of the stories encompass the crucial components of counseling relationships, and the topics cover the concerns most commonly voiced by students during their early experiences with actual clients. The issues addressed include counselor self-care, the nature of counseling, empathy, perfectionism, ethics, and, of course, the magic of counseling! Although the text is written from a counseling point of view, it will prove useful to any clinical class in a closely related field, such as counseling psychology, clinical psychology, clinical social work, health promotion, or psychiatric nursing. The text will also be beneficial to counselor trainees, experienced counselors interested in a refresher on basic skills, and potential clients who want to know more about counseling before they start seeing a counselor.

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Chi Sigma Iota Book Review: Since many students find traditional texts, even counseling texts, too formal, the driving force behind this manuscript was an effort to address highly important counseling concepts through an engaging story format. It is hoped that this unorthodox approach to a counseling text is just what is needed to maintain the interest and excitement of the students in counseling and therapy skills courses. In exploring these counseling-related stories, a reader creates vivid images, characters, and events for each tale, and the specifics elements of each are based on our own experiences, beliefs, and understandings.

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Geoffrey G. Yager, Ph.D., has been a Professor in the Counseling Program at the University of Cincinnati since 1975. He is a Professional Clinical Counselor and a Counseling Psychologist. In addition to the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Yager has taught at Michigan State University, the University of North Dakota, and Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. His primary areas of research interest are counselor training, counseling supervision, video based counseling skills training, and values in counseling. Throughout his career, Dr. Yager has been actively involved in the American Counseling Association and in the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES). He has served as President of the Chi Sigma Iota International Honor Society for Counseling, Secretary of ACES, President of North Central ACES, and President of Ohio ACES. J. G. Woodward, LPC, NCC, holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Kent State University. She was a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor throughout her career. Ms. Woodward's nonfiction title is Cut the Fluff for Job Seekers - Just Tell Me What I Don't Already Know, a job search reference book. She is the author of the fiction titles, Loose Marbles and Forest Epiphany, A Lone Hiker's Tale. Her historical fiction novel is Over the Course of a Lifetime. She has written a series of four poetry books: Tumultuous Journey, Poems Along the Way, Poems Beyond the Journey, Allegories, and Analogies. Ms. Woodward makes her home in Akron, Ohio. Invincible Publishing, established in 2007, is a publishing house located in Akron, Ohio, USA, of fiction, nonfiction, textbooks and poetry works. Our titles are available in print, audiobook, iBook and eBook format for all of your devices through your bookseller of choice.

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