Finding your counseling career : stories, procedures, and resources for career seekers / by Brooke B. Collison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collison, Brooke B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Counseling--Vocational guidance.

Counseling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2011].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For anyone considering a career in one of the many counseling professions but undecided on which one to pursue, this book will be an excellent resource. It provides insight and information into the different career opportunities available and suggestions and activities to assess one’s fit in one of these careers. These activities include exercises and self-tests to help readers explore their own personal characteristics and determine if they are on the right track to achieving their career goals. An overview of the different counseling positions available in several different types of practice settings – educational settings, private/independent practice, coaching and consulting, governmental and agency settings, and special settings/populations – give the reader a survey of the many possibilities available to a counseling professional. The author clearly explains the different types of licenses, certificates, and other professional counseling credentials which are necessary for specific positions and addresses the process of searching and applying for a job. Finally, the journeys of fourteen counseling professionals are presented, providing the career-seeker with a first-hand look at the process.

Contents:

Finding your way

Is counseling a career for you?

Counselor characteristics

Preparation

Counseling in education settings

Counseling in private or independent practice

Coaching and consulting

Counseling in governmental and agency settings

Counseling in special settings with special populations

Are there jobs out there?

Your application process

Certification and licensing

Profiles

Have you found your way?.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-96804-7

1-135-96805-5

1-283-04552-4

9786613045522

0-203-87765-9

9780203877654

OCLC:

707067611