Career Counseling: Process, Issues, and Techniques [Hardcover]

Norman C. Gysbers (Author), Joseph A. Johnston (Author), Mary J. Heppner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 29, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0205175082 | ISBN-13: 978-0205175086 | Edition: 1

Career Counseling: Process, Issues, and Techniques illustrates how career counseling now, more than at any other time in our history, must be a dynamic, creative and highly individualized process. This text is designed to assist students in updating and adding to their skills and techniques in order to help them understand and interpret information gathered and behavior observed during career counseling. It will enable the reader to assist clients of all ages and circumstances to relate such information and behavior in their quest to achieve their career goals or resolve their career problems.

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From the Back Cover

With the current surge in the job industry and the advances in technology, career counseling now, more than ever, must be a dynamic, creative, and highly individualized process. The purpose is to help career counselors expand and extend their vision of career counseling and the skills and techniques in their career counseling repertoire. This book will enable readers to assist clients of all ages and circumstances relate information about values, beliefs, attitudes, etc. in their quest to achieve career goals or resolve their career problems. With the current working population as diverse as it is, the authors focus particular attention on how the career counseling process can be helpful in expanding options and empowering the authentic life choices of women, men, racial and ethnic minorities, non-ethnic minorities such as gay, lesbian, and bisexual clients and individuals with disabilities. Designed for several groups of readers, this book is for practicing counselors, counselors-in-training, and anyone considering a change in careers.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 337 pages
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 1 edition (May 29, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205175082
• ISBN-13: 978-0205175086
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,542,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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