Career counseling : holism, diversity, and strengths / Norman C. Gysbers, Mary J. Heppner, Joseph A. Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gysbers, Norman C., author.

Heppner, Mary J., author.

Johnston, Joseph A., author.

Contributor:

Howard R. Jachman Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vocational guidance--Study and teaching.

Vocational guidance.

Personality and occupation.

Physical Description:

xvii, 324 pages ; 26 cm

Edition:

Fourth Edition.

Place of Publication:

Alexandria, VA : American Counseling Association, [2014]

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the contributors

Career counseling in the 21st century : evolving contexts, challenges, and concepts

Career counseling: a life career development perspective

Ways of understanding career behavior and development : selected theories

Empowering life choices : career counseling in the contexts of race and class / Lisa Y. Flores

Empowering women's life choices : an examination of gender and sexual orientation

Empowering men's life choices : an examination of gender and sexual orientation / with P. Paul Heppner

Facilitating the career development of individuals with disabilities through empowering career counseling / John F. Kosciulek

Helping clients understand and respond to changes in the workplace and in family life

Client goal or problem identification, clarification, and specification

Opening phase of the career counseling process : forming the working alliance

Identifying and analyzing life career themes

Life career assessment : an interview framework to help clients tell their stories

Career, multicultural, and marital and military family genograms :

Helping clients tell their stories about their career-family connections

Gathering client information using an occupational card sort :

Using occupational titles as stimuli

Gathering client information using selected standardized tests and inventories : an in-depth approach

Assessments that focus on strengths and positive psychology : the clifton strengthsfinder and the insight inventory / with Patrick Handley

Understanding and working with resistant clients

Client goal or problem resolution

Using information, taking action, and developing plans of action

Using social media in career counseling / Amanda Nell

Bringing closure to career counseling

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Howard R. Jachman Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781556203336

1556203330

OCLC:

861678691