Since its first publication in 1977, Eugene Kennedy and Sara Charles' On Becoming a Counselor has become the one indispensable resource for all those who, without extensive psychological training, must deal with troubled individuals: the confused, the suffering, the grieving, the immature, who turn so often to clergy, teachers, physicians, nurses, family and friends. This completely revised and expanded edition, co-written by psychologist Eugene Kennedy and psychiatrist Sara C. Charles, provides nonprofessional and also professional counselors with all of the essential tools they need to respond to other people's problems with intelligence and compassion.