Book Description
This highly successful book has been called the most comprehensive text on the market, providing students with needed career theory as well as practical techniques and examples. Through the author's clear writing style, case examples, tables, and exercises, students develop a solid understanding of the theoretical models of career counseling and are thoroughly exposed to the practical information on how to effectively counsel clients about career issues.
About the Author
Vernon Zunker is a retired professor from Southwest Texas State University. He has his Ed.D. from the University of Houston, and a postdoctorate degree from the University of Texas at Galveston.
Career Counseling: Applied Concepts of Life Planning FROM THE PUBLISHER
Vernon Zunker successfully translates theoretical principles of career development and research into practical counseling objectives, programs, and strategies in an understandable, useful way. Two new chapters cover the format and technique for assessment interviews and the use of the assessment interview through case studies. In addition, Career Counseling: Applied Concepts of Life Planning, Fourth Edition, discusses the historical development of the field, computer programs for career counseling, and how to use the Dictionary of Occupational Titles; career guidance over the life span, including career guidance for school-age children, college students, and adults in career transition; procedures for planning and using a career resource center; assessment of standardized tests and inventories; innovative counseling models and career-counseling programs for special populations, including women, men, ethnic groups and minorities, and individuals with disabilities; and the outlook for a wide range of occupations.
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Booknews
This guide aims to familiarize professional counselors and counselors- in-training with different career counseling techniques, their origins, and applications. The text begins with a discussion of the history of career counseling, career development theories, intake interview techniques, and the use of assessment results. Zunker (affiliation not cited) then presents models and procedures of career counseling with special populations and in educational and work settings. A sampling of topics includes career counseling for women, men, and those in dual-career families; individuals with disabilities; adults in career transition; and gay, lesbian, and bisexual clients. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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