Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword // In memoriam / Foreword // Preface // Contributors // Counseling in clinical practice // Positive psychology // Good counselors : Knowledge, skills, characteristics and attitudes // Communication counseling with parents of children with or at risk for disability // Counseling issues with children who have communication disorders // Communication counseling with adult clients and their families for whom progression is toward improvement // Communication counseling with adult clients and their families for whom progression is toward deterioration // There's an elephant in the room : Issues in death and dying // Teaching resilence and optimism to families // Index //