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Essential Elements of Career Counseling: Processes and Techniques, 2/E
Norman E. Amundson, University of British Columbia
JoAnn G. Harris-Bowlsbey, Loyola College, Maryland
Spencer G. Niles, Pennsylvania State University

ISBN-10: 0131582186
ISBN-13: 9780131582187

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 192 pp
Published: 03/11/2008

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The second edition of this textbook focuses primarily on the practice of career counseling by describing some of the basic techniques and resources that can be used to support the theories of career choice and development.  The authors present information and a structure that is robust and, as such, can be widely applied.  They also address some emerging issues such as Web-based counseling and provide case studies throughout the text.  A belief in quality career counseling is at the forefront of this book, as well as the exploration of various myths and emerging trends.  Career counseling is defined and the competencies that counselors need to pursue as part of their training agenda are outlined.  As a supplement, the text includes the NCDA guidelines for competency standards and ethical guidelines as appendicies at the back of the book. 

  • Focuses principally on the process and techniques of career counseling--This book takes the student step-by-step through the actual career counseling process from the inital interview through termination. (The table of contents shows the counseling process steps examined in the book as well as the types of techniques presented.)

    • Helps students understand HOW TO DO career counseling.

  • Case studies in every chapter--Including authentic sample dialogues.

    • The text illustrates career counseling strategies and techniques with real clients in real situations--giving students a bona fide feel for how to use text methods in their own practice.

  • Helpful appendices on National Career Development Association standards--Competencies and performance indicators and ethical guidelines.

    • Familiarize prospective counselors with the national benchmarks of their chosen field--help them prepare to meet the expectations of future clients.

    • More depth of discussion of career counseling techniques throughout the book.  For example, once you have asked a client a particular set of questions, what would you do with that information?  What are the next steps in the process?  Beyond describing techniques, the authors help take the reader a step further in the process of career counseling. 
    • New coverage of career counseling with children and adolescents.
    • Updated coverage of technology and career counseling (See Chapter 8, Using Websites in Support of Career Counseling and Chapter 9, Building and Using a Virtual Career Center). 

     

    Chapter 1    Career Counseling:  Myths, Realities, and Emerging Trends

    What is Career Counseling?

    Factors Contributing to Shifts in Career Counseling

    Seven Common Career Counseling Myths

    Defining Career Counseling

    Career Counseling Competencies

    Chapter 2    Using Career Theories to Help Clients

    Theory of John L. Holland

    Theory of Donald E. Super

    Theory of John Krumboltz

    Constructivist Approaches

    Chapter 3    Context and Career Planning

    Internal Variables

    External Variables

    Chapter 4    Negotiating the Career Counseling Relationship

    Creating a Mattering Climate

    Building Bridges

    Negotiating the Working Alliance

    Coping with Client Reluctance

    Chapter 5    Defining the Client's Career Concerns

    Elaborating the Problem

    Viewing the Problem Through a Metaphoric Lens

    Changing Direction

    Chapter 6    Exploring the Problem:  Understanding the Self

    Questioning and Storytelling

    Metaphors

    Structured Assessment

    Limitations

    Chapter 7    Exploring the Problem:  Contextual and Labor Market Options

    Social Context

    Educational and Work/Leisure Context

    Labor Market Options (A Personal View)

    Chapter 8    Using Websites in Support of Career Counseling

    Deciding Whether to Use a Technology-Based Intervention

    Selecting Systems and Sites

    Chapter 9    Building and Using a Virtual Career Center

    Components of a Virtual Career Center

    Local Information as a Part of the Virtual Career Center

    Access to Web Counseling

    Monitoring Feature

    Organization of the Virtual Career Center

    Sample Sites

    Chapter 10    Consolidation, Decision Making, and Action Planning

    Consolidation

    Decision Making

    Readiness for Action Planning

    Developing the Action Plan

    Advocacy and Social Action

    Chapter 11    Implementing Action Plans

    Providing Support to Clients

    Processing New Insights and Information

    Action Plans That Aren't Followed Through

    Handling Additional Concerns

    Chapter 12    Evaluating Client Progress

    Evaluating Client Progress During the Course of Career Counseling

    Evaluating Client Progress at the End of Career Counseling

    Chapter 13    Adapting Career Counseling to Counseling Settings

    School Settings

    University Settings

    Community Settings

    Appendix A    The National Career Development Association's Career Counseling Competencies and Performance Indicators

    Appendix B    National Career Development Association Ethical Standards (Revised 2003)

    Norman Amundson is a professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of British Columbia. A leader in the field of career development, Amundson recently received the Best Book Award from the Canadian Counseling Association for his book Active Engagement (Ergon Communications, 2003). His research focuses on counseling methods, unemployment, and changes in working life, while his numerous lectures, articles, workshops and seminars emphasis the importance of imagination, creativity, and action in the career counseling process.

    With a practical and straightforward approach, Essential Elements of Career Counseling focuses primarily on the practice of career counseling by exploring the basic methods, resources, and courses of action that can be applied in conducting career counseling every day. Perfect for use either as a main text or as a supplement to a more theory-based text, this book not only covers the basic techniques of developing career choice but also explores the emerging trends in the field, such as web-based counseling and the creation and use of virtual career centers online.

     

    Over the years, the authors have developed career counseling programs in an array of settings around the world that varied from secondary school systems to colleges and universities to unemployment systems to immigrant transition services. Through their experiences, they have found that whatever the context, certain basic methods apply to all quality career counseling. Essential Elements of Career Counseling is a synthesis of these universal methods that leads students through evaluation, action planning, and follow-though, and that take into account the various facets of each case such as the individual, the environmental context, the socioeconomic context, and new technology.

     

    Special Features Include:

     

    • An emphasis on the process of career counseling as opposed to the theory that gives the text a robust, hands-on accessibility and that makes this book ideal as a supplement in introductory career development classes.
    • An emphasis of web-based counseling and other internet-related resources that keep students up-to-date with emerging trends in the field.
    • End-of-Chapter Summaries that help students to synthesis and retain what they have just read and are also ideal for quick reviews of the chapter’s main points.
    • A “Quick Start” chapter at the beginning of the book that outlines the main themes of the book and allows students to quickly acquaint themselves with the mainstays of the book’s processes while linking each one to corresponding chapters in the book.
    • Case Studies are provided throughout the text, which add real-life examples of career counseling while illustrating concepts and practices covered in the main text. 
    • An Appendix is located at the back of the book, which includes the NCDA guidelines for competency standards and ethical guidelines and which help students in the details and particulars of their counseling training.

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