Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface to the Fourth Edition: The Legend of The Purple Book -- Acknowledgments -- The National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification (NCE) at a Glance -- The Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE) at a Glance -- Historic NBCC Announcement Could Impact Your Career -- 1 Study Guides: My Own Humble Beginnings -- Audio Doctor to the Rescue -- Why This New Breed of Encyclopedia Can Benefit All Mental Health Professionals -- 2 How to End Exam Worries -- What's Different about This Master Review and Tutorial? -- Why This Book (Dare I Say It?) Actually Makes Exam Prep Enjoyable -- How to Improve Your Memory in One Evening -- A Passing Look at Questions and Answers with Some Good News for Perfectionists -- 3 Human Growth and Development -- 4 Social and Cultural Diversity -- 5 Counseling and Helping Relationships -- 6 Group Counseling and Group Work -- 7 Career Development -- 10 Major Career Theories on the Head of a Pin -- 8 Assessment and Testing -- 9 Research and Program Evaluation -- 11 Current Trends in Counseling Research -- 10 Professional Orientation and Ethical Practice -- Quick Guide to the 2014 ACA Ethics -- 11 Counseling Families, Diagnosis, Neurocounseling, and Advanced Concepts -- 27 Hints for Tackling DSM-5/ICD Questions on Your Exams -- What You Need to Know About the Emerging Neuroscience and Counseling Revolution -- 12 Final Overview and Last-Minute Super-Review Boot Camp -- Historic NBCC Announcement -- Nonprofit Counseling Organizations -- Rosenthal's 44 Key Rules for Avoiding Lawsuits, Ethical Violations, and Malpractice Difficulties -- Human Growth and Development -- Major Theories and Theorists -- Social and Cultural Foundations -- Multicultural Counseling -- The Helping Relationship -- Group Counseling