Daniel J. Weigel, Ph.D., LPC, LADC, NCC, CCMHC, MAC,
ACS, has spent several years exploring the subtle
nuances and overt challenges of rural clinical
mental health counseling. In this book Dr. Weigel
examines a variety of issues related to rural mental
health service delivery. Issues examined include (a)
a variety of service delivery issues plaguing
professionals working in underserved rural
communities, (b) ethical challenges facing the rural
mental health professional, (c) specialized training
needs of rural practitioners, and (d) job
satisfaction and burnout risks confronting rural
clinicians. In addition, Dr. Weigel reviews a
variety of studies that have attempted to delineate
the differences between rural and urban mental
health service delivery. Finally, the results of a
comprehensive study completed by Dr. Weigel is
presented. In this study, rural and urban counselors
from four states were surveyed to explore perceived
differences in their mental health service delivery
experiences in an attempt to better understand the
unique challenges facing generalist counselors in
today's overstretched rural mental health
marketplace.