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ExamGuide: PTI Clinical Mental Health Counselor Handbook and Study Guide, 4th Edition Fully updated for DSM-5-TR
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PTI Clinical Mental Health Counselor Handbook and Study Guide, 4th Edition

Innovative and comprehensive. Well organized. Reviewing all content areas covered on the exam, with content review, test-taking strategy, study tools, and practice resources in one program.

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Five reasons counselors choose ExamGuide

  1. 1Strategies for diagnosis and treatment planning.
  2. 2Covers every content domain included in counselor examinations.
  3. 3Helps you organize your study time.
  4. 4Shows you the topics that need more intense study.
  5. 5Trains you to analyze case studies with diagnostic, treatment planning, and professional practice skills.

Five study tools in the package

  • Crossword puzzles for mental health counselors
  • ExamAce™: a 90-day pass to the online practice exam, with case studies modeled after the NCMHCE
  • 400+ flash cards with DSM diagnosis and evidence-based treatment planning
  • ExamAce™ reports to focus your study topics
  • Time management forms

What’s in ExamGuide

The contents of ExamGuide, the PTI Clinical Mental Health Counselor Handbook and Study Guide, 4th Edition.

Part 1: Content Areas

  1. Fundamentals
  2. Assessment
    • Mental Status
  3. Diagnosis
    • DSM-5-TR
    • 10 Steps to Diagnosis
    • Key Terms in DSM-5-TR
  4. Treatment Planning
  5. Counseling Theories
    • Family Therapy
    • Group Therapy
  6. Special Treatment Issues
    • Major Cultural Considerations
    • Special Clinical Topics
    • Child Abuse and Neglect
    • Substance Related and Addictive Disorders
    • Suicide
  7. Psychopharmacology
  8. Outcomes
  9. Career Development
  10. Consultation and Supervision
  11. Professional Practice

Part 2: Test Taking

  1. Test Taking
    • Mind Mapping
    • Case Analysis
    • Personality Type
    • Key Answers
    • About Case Studies

Part 3: Study Aides

  1. Crossword Puzzles
  2. Crossword Answers
  3. Time Management Forms

Appendices

  • ACA Ethical Standards
  • AMHCA Ethical Standards
  • NBCC Ethical Standards

PTI products and prices

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Comprehensive package

PTI Comprehensive NCMHCE Study Program

  • ExamGuide: PTI Clinical Mental Health Counselor Handbook and Study Guide, 4th Edition
  • Flashcards (400+ cards): DSM-5-TR Dx, Assessment & Treatment Planning
  • ExamAce™: a 90-day pass to the online practice exam (DSM-5-TR), with explanations
  • PTI Crossword Puzzles: 14 puzzles testing content areas
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Components sold separately

ExamGuide: PTI Clinical Mental Health Counselor Handbook and Study Guide, 4th Edition

340 pages; 12 chapters; fully updated for DSM-5-TR

$185.00paperback
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Flashcards

ISBN 0-7872-5302-2

400+ flashcards, including DSM-5-TR Dx, treatment planning, and all content areas

$115.00
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Crossword Puzzles

ISBN 0-7872-5301-4

14 puzzles testing all NCMHCE content areas

$55.00
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Online sample exams and self-study

ExamAce™: online sample exams

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from$34.95per pass

ExamPrep self-study: Demystifying the NCMHCE

A self-study slide deck with an orientation to the NCMHCE, how it works, and sample questions for the major content areas.

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