Career Theory and Practice (eBook)

List of Tables and Figures
List of Additional Cases
Acknowledgments
PART I • FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1 • Career Counseling: An Overview
Purpose of the Book
Work and Career Counseling
Changing World of Work
Definition and Types of Theories
Clarifying Distinctions Between Theories and Theoretical Orientations
Developing Hypotheses and a “Working Model” of the Client
Organization of the Book
Summary
Chapter 2 • Ethics for Career Professionals
NCDA (2015) Code of Ethics
Ethical Decision Making
Ethical Vignettes
Chapter 3 • Career Interventions in Different Settings
Career Interventions in Schools
Career Interventions in Higher Education
Career Interventions in Community Settings
Professional Challenges
Chapter 4 • Cultural Contexts and Career Counseling
Culturally Responsive Career Counseling
Fouad and Kantamneni’s Three-Dimensional Model
Practical Implications
Multicultural Career Counseling Tenets
Additional Cases
Chapter 5 • The Case of Leslie
Presenting Issue
Career and Work History
Family Information
Marital Information
Leslie’s Expectations for Career Counseling
Initial Impressions of Leslie
Conceptualizing Leslie from Various Theoretical Approaches
Chapter 6 • Testing and Assessment
The Use of Assessment in Career Counseling
Selection of Assessment
Types of Assessment
Assessment of Other Constructs
Other Types of Assessment
Interpreting Career Assessment
Leslie’s Assessment Information
Working With Leslie’s Case and Assessment Information
PART II • THEORIES
Chapter 7 • Holland’s Theory of Vocational Personalities and Work Environments
Introductory Review
Applying Holland’s Theory
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 8 • The Theory of Work Adjustment
Introductory Review
Applying the Theory of Work Adjustment
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 9 • Super’s Developmental Theory
Introductory Review
Applying Developmental Theory
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 10 • Gottfredson’s Theory of Circumscription and Compromise
Introductory Review
Applying Gottfredson’s Theory
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 11 • Social Cognitive Career Theory
Introductory Review
Applying Social Cognitive Career Theory
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 12 • Career Construction Theory and Life Designing Paradigm
Introductory Review
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 13 • Psychology of Working Theory
Changing Assumptions About Work/Career
Introductory Review
Applying Psychology of Working Theory
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
PART III • APPLICATIONS
Chapter 14 • Information About the World of Work
Classification Systems
Sources of Occupational Information
How to Use Occupational Information in Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 15 • The Intersection of Career and Noncareer Issues
Career and Noncareer Issues
Implications for Career Counseling
Applying Career–Noncareer Frameworks
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 16 • Summary and Integration
Summary and Comparison of the Theories
Integrating Theoretical Perspectives
The Case of George
Summary
The Case of Tom
The Case of Sharon
Evaluation of the Major Theories
Revisiting Counselor Cognitions
Parting Words
References
Index
About the Authors