Counseling psychology and optimal human functioning / edited by W. Bruce Walsh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walsh, W. Bruce, 1936-

Series:

Contemporary topics in vocational psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Counseling.

Physical Description:

xi, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003.

Summary:

(co-market w/Houghton-Mifflin) The aim of this book is to focus on how counseling psych. fosters and builds optimal human strength and well-being.Counseling psych has always been a vital part of promoting health & preventing mental, physical & social diso

Contents:

Counseling Psychology and Optimal Human Functioning: An Introduction / W. Bruce Walsh vii

1 The Healthy Personality / Susan Day, Patrick Rottinghaus 1

2 Fostering Exceptional Development in Intellectually Talented Populations / John A. Achter, David Lubinski 25

3 Individuality and Optimal Human Functioning: Interests, Self-Efficacy, and Personality / Fred H. Borgen, Lori D. Lindley 55

4 Person-Environment Psychology and Well-Being / W. Bruce Walsh 93

5 Optimal Human Functioning From Cross-Cultural Perspectives: Cultural Competence as an Organizing Framework / Frederick T. L. Leong, Paul T. P. Wong 123

6 Optimal Human Functioning in People of Color in the United States / Derald Wing Sue, Madonna G. Constantine 151

7 Toward a Positive Psychotherapy: Focus on Human Strength / Charles J. Gelso, Susan Woodhouse 171

8 Strength-Based Health Psychology: Counseling for Total Human Health / Alex H. S. Harris, Carl E. Thoresen 199

9 Toward a Taxonomy of Human Strengths: Career Counseling's Contribution to Positive Psychology / Mark L. Savickas 229

10 Assessing Optimal Human Functioning / Patricia Frazier, Shigehiro Oishi, Michael Steger 251

11 Fostering Human Strength Through Diversity and Public Policy: A Counseling Psychologists' Perspective / Rosie Phillips Bingham 279

12 Fulfilling Its Promise: Counseling Psychology's Efforts to Understand and Promote Optimal Human Functioning / Shane J. Lopez, Lisa M. Edwards, Jeana L. Magyar-Moe, Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti, Jamie A. Ryder 297.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0805839984

OCLC:

50548868