Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession, 8e, has been adapted in order to make it relevant in the Indian context, without disturbing the original structure and content. The text presents counseling in a broad manner covering its history, theories, activities, specialties and trends. In addition, this text concentrates on the multicultural, ethical and legal environments in which counselors operate.
This adaptation title provides the much-needed interdisciplinary approach to counseling in the Indian context. Several concepts and developments in the current scenario of counseling in India have been accommodated in the present edition. The book hopes to increase recognition and acceptance of ‘counseling as a profession’ in India and encourage further growth and development of research in counseling in the immediate future.