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Strengthening mental health through effective career development : a practitioner's guide / Dave E. Redekopp, Michael Huston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Redekopp, Dave E., author.
- Huston, Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Career development.
- Career development--Psychological aspects.
- Mental health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (204 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, ON : CERIC, [2020]
- Summary:
- This book makes the case that career development practice is a mental health intervention, and provides skills and strategies to support career development practitioners in their work. It explores how practitioners do more than help people navigate career paths, they change people's lives in ways that improve mental health and overall well-being.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Book Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: Finding Our Place in the Mental Health Movement
- Is This Book for You?
- About the Book
- 2. Why Connect Career Development and Mental Health?
- Summary
- 3. Let's Be Clear: Disentangling Tangled Terms
- Career Development and Work
- Mental Illness and Mental Health
- 4. The Latest Research
- Mental Illness and Work
- Mental Illness and Career Development
- Mental Health and Work
- Mental Health and Career Development
- 5. A Framework for Connecting Career Development and Mental Health
- More on the Definition of Mental Health
- A Career Development Effects Model
- 6. Career Development Intervention and Stress
- Stress in Action: A Vignette
- What Is Stress?
- Models of Stress
- Applying the Framework for Stress Control to Career Development Intervention
- A Combined Model
- 7. The Role of the Career Development Practitioner with Respect to Mental Health: Ethical Implications
- Have I Done Something Wrong? A Vignette
- The Implications of Intentionality
- Applying Ethical Principles to Mental Health Awareness in Career Development Intervention
- 8. Practice Implications: Integrating Mental Health Outcomes Within the Career Development Process
- Six Principles for Your Work as a Career Development Practitioner
- What You Need
- What You Can Do
- 9. Use Interpersonal Skills for Mental Health Awareness and Support
- Questioning Skills
- Reacting Skills
- Structuring Skills
- Strategies and a Sample Interaction
- 10. Tracking Mental Health Outcomes in Career Development Practice
- What Qualifies as Evidence
- Understanding Stakeholder Interests and Motivations
- Negotiating and Collaborating
- Selecting Indicators of Mental Health to Measure.
- Sample Evaluation Questions and Surveys
- 11. Engaging Allies and Stakeholders: From the Inside Out
- Steps to Inside-Out Engagement
- Engaging Mental Health Professionals
- 12. Conclusion: Now Is the Time
- A Call to Action
- References
- About the Authors
- Knowledge Champions
- Endorsements for Strengthening Mental Health Through Effective Career Development: A Practitioner's Guide
- Endnotes.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-988066-44-1
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