Author Mark Chapman, Jr. draws on his own counseling experience to help those in need of various types of counseling, school counseling, pre-marital, marital, individual, and family counseling. Chapman provides a preventative approach he calls a "preemptive strike," and describes the ways in which counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, or even good friends can make a difference by sharing and caring-whether through giving advice and counsel, or through their sheer presence. He also discusses more specialized mental health treatments and crisis counseling. Finally, Chapman deals with comfort, care, and counseling for the terminally ill patient