Overview of the book -- Popular culture as a learning tool in counseling and psychotherapy -- Clinical thinking skills: diagnosis, case conceptualization, and treatment planning -- Diagnosis: understanding and using the DSM-IV-TR -- Case conceptualization: making sense of the client's concerns -- Treatment planning: designing a plan for change -- Children's characters and video game characters: the cases of Miss Piggy, Mario, Gretel, Naruto, and Snoopy -- Troubled youth in film and on stage: the cases of Edward Cullen, Jamal, Juno, Claire, and Elphaba -- Animated characters: the cases of Cleveland Brown, Jessie, Tinkerbell, Smithers, and Belle -- Adults in television sitcoms and drama: the cases of Jack Bauer, Sophia Petrillo, George Lopez, Lieutenant Commander Data, and Jack McFarland -- Characters in music, musicals, and advertising: the cases of Fred the baker, Maria, Billie Jean, Eleanor Rigby, and the Geico caveman -- Characters in literature and comics: the cases of Annie Wilkes, Miss Celie, Chief Bromden, Peter Parker, and Christopher Robin -- Epilogue -- Getting to know the clients through Internet sources, published literature, and film.