Transforming the School Counseling Profession

by Bradley T. Erford

Transforming the School Counseling Profession explores the implementation of systemic, data-driven school counseling programs. Using easy-to-understand language and illustrated with numerous applied examples, case studies and vignettes, it connects theory to practice with real examples of practitioners applying concepts in their own practices.

School counseling is changing rapidly, and the 6th Edition accurately reflects these developments in practice and the literature. More than 60% of references are dated 2015 or later; the text fully conforms to the 2024 CACREP standards and reflects changes in the ACA Code of Ethics (ACA, 2014), ASCA Ethical Standards (ASCA, 2022a), and American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5-TR (APA, 2022); and more.

Genres: Counselling, Textbooks

Kindle Edition

First published April 22, 2002

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this textbook for a grad course. It was very redundant in places, but the last couple of chapters were valuable.

[Joel Hacker · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a pretty tough slog. Part of the pile of of textbooks for one of my grad classes. There's some good information buried in there, but its super dry. If you're picking possible books for a grad class, select something else.

[Madison Centanni · Rating 2 out of 5]

I decided if I had to read for grad school I was going to add it to my good reads. This was incredibly painful for me, and I don’t understand why we’re citing studies from 2013 in a book published in 2025. Although it’s supposed to be updated, much of it is still outdated and painfully repetitive.

[Kasi Beorchia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't quite finish this text book, but I do feel like I gained a lot of general knowledge about the school counseling profession. I will definitely refer back to it in the future. The book was written to provide insight about how to become an effective counselor and how to promote positive change within the profession. I enjoyed what I learned from the book.

[Sabrina Robinson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Author wears his feelings right out on his shirt sleeves even in textbooks. I have found this to be true in each of his texts. These are rather easy to read and so I thank Erford for saving us from the pedantic writings I am coming to expect from academia.

[Shelby M. (Read and Find Out)]

Can't give this one a star rating. This was my book for the Grind side quest for #TheReadingQuest!