Book description
"This is a must-have for any researcher in vocational psychology
or career counseling, or anyone who wishes to understand the empirical
underpinnings of the practice of career counseling."
-Mark Pope, EdD
College of Education, University of Missouri - St. Louis
past president of the American Counseling Association
Today's career
development professional must choose from a wide array of theories and
practices in order to provide services for a diverse range of clients.
Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to
Work focuses on scientifically based career theories and
practices, including those derived from research in other disciplines.
Driven by the latest empirical and practical evidence, this text
offers the most in-depth, far-reaching, and comprehensive career
development and counseling resource available.
Career Development and Counseling includes coverage of:
- Major theories of career development, choice, and adjustment
- Informative research on occupational aspirations, job search
success, job satisfaction, work performance, career development
with people of color, and women's career development
- Assessment of interests, needs and values, ability, and other
important constructs
- Occupational classification and sources of occupational
information
- Counseling for school-aged youth, diverse populations,
choice-making, choice implementation, work adjustment, and
retirement
- Special needs and applications including those for at-risk,
intellectually talented, and work-bound youth; people with
disabilities; and individuals dealing with job loss, reentry, and
career transitions
Edited by two of the leading figures
in career development, and featuring contributions by many of the most
well-regarded specialists in the field,
Career Development and
Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work is the one book
that every career counselor, vocational psychologist, and serious
student of career development must have.
Steven D. Brown, PhD, is a professor in the Department of
Leadership, Foundations, and Counseling Psychology at Loyola
University in Chicago. Robert W. Lent, PhD, is a professor in the
Department of Counseling and Personnel Services at the University of
Maryland, College Park. They are the editors of the Handbook of
Counseling Psychology (Wiley), now in its third edition.
