Consultation in Psychology: A Competency-Based Approach

Increasingly, psychologists are being enlisted to provide  consultation in clinical, health, corporate, and community settings,  although many have received only minimal training in consultation. This  volume provides a comprehensive foundation to develop or enhance  consultation practice.  

 Consultation is a distinct  professional practice with goals and functions different from direct  clinical service or clinical supervision. While all consultation  settings require certain basic competencies, each setting requires  additional unique ones. Thus, the opening chapters of this book  introduce a competency-based, multicultural, and ethical approach to  consultation that is relevant to all contexts, while subsequent chapters  build on this foundation and describe the knowledge, skills, and  attitudes necessary for consultation in a variety of specific  contexts. These include medical, pediatric, forensic, school, corporate,  leadership, family, religious, police, and military settings. Both  students and practicing psychologists will benefit from this essential  guide.