Counseling and psychotherapy in Africa -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Egypt : ambiguous identity of a regional leader / Mona M. Amer -- Counseling and psychotherapy in francophone West Africa : creating a future vision / Lonzozou Kpanake and Omar Ndoye -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Nigeria : horizons for the future / Andrew Mogaji and Olaniyi Bojuwoye -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Morocco : renewal of an ancient tradition / Nadia Kadri and Jalil Bennani -- Counseling and psychotherapy in South Africa : responding to post-apartheid counseling needs / Saths Cooper and Lionel Nicholas -- Counseling and psychotherapy in sub-Saharan Africa : brewed in an African pot with western seasoning / Gladys K. Mwiti and Naomi James -- Counseling and psychotherapy in the Americas -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Argentina : a tango from psychoanalysis to integrative psychotherapies / Felipe Muller and María Carolina Palavezzatti -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Brazil : from private practice to community services / Claudio S. Hutz and William B. Gomes -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Canada : diversity and growth / Jose Domene and Rob P. Bedi -- Counseling and psychotherapy in the (English speaking) Caribbean : fidelity, fit or a cause for concern? / Gerard Hutchinson and Patsy Sutherland -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Cuba : interdisciplinarity and community driven research and education / Norma Guillard and Mercedes Umana -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Mexico : towards a Latin American perspective / Juan Sanchez Sosa -- Counseling and psychotherapy in the United States : multicultural competence, evidence-based, and measurable outcomes / Gargi Roysircar and Shannon Hodges -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Asia -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Australia : championing the egalitarian society? / Jac Brown -- Counseling and psychotherapy in China : building capacity to serve 1.3 billion / Doris F. Chang, Cao Yuping, Shi Qijia, Chun Wang, and Qian Mingyi -- Counseling and psychotherapy in India : professionalism amidst changing times / Tony Sam George and Priya Pothan -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Japan : integrating Japanese traditions and contemporary values / Shigeru Iwakabe and Carol Enns -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Malaysia : joy and pain of (continuous) pioneering work / Wai Sheng Ng -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Pakistan : colonial legacies and Islamic influences / Humair Yusuf, Shabnum Sarfraz and Linah Askari -- Counseling and psychotherapy in the Philippines : a discipline in transition / Maria Isabel E. Melgar -- Counseling and psychotherapy in South Korea : flourishing in a dynamic era / Eunsun Joo -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Europe -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Belgium : towards an accessible and evidence-based mental health care / Nady Van Broeck, Nele Stinckens and Germain Lietaer -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Denmark : counseling the "happiest people on earth" / Nanja H. Hansen and Andrea L. Dixon -- Counseling and psychotherapy in France : an evolving heterogeneous field / Valérie Cohen-Scali, Jacques Pouyaud, Nicole Baudouin, and Emmanuelle Vignoli -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Germany : common past but different present? / Petra Warschburger -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Italy : historical, cultural and indigenous perspectives / Marco Gemignani and Massimo Giliberto -- Psychotherapy and clinical psychology in the Netherlands : settlement of five distinctive PSY professions / Giel J. M. Hutschemaekers and Fiona E van Dijk -- Psychotherapy in Spain : vicissitudes of clinical psychology / María Paz García-Vera, Jesús Sanz, and José M. Prieto -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Russia : reunion with the international science community / Alla B. Kholmogorova, Natalia N. Garanian, and Valery N. Krasnov -- Counseling and psychotherapy in the United Kingdom : future of talking therapies / Del Loewenthal -- Counseling and psychotherapy in the Middle East -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Iran : flourishing perspectives / Behrooz Birashk -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Israel : milestones, disputes and challenges / Rebecca Jacoby -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Lebanon : towards a framework of Lebanese psychology / Brigitte Khoury and Sarah Tabbarah -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Palestine : between occupation and cultural colonialism / Rana Nashashibi, Anan Srour, and Roney Srour -- Counseling and psychotherapy in Turkey : western theories and culturally-inclusive methods / Senel Poyrazli, Süleyman Dogan, and Mehmet Eskin -- Conclusion -- Counseling and psychotherapy around the world : current state and future prospects / Juris G. Draguns.