Career Counseling
In this second edition of Career Counseling, Mark L. Savickas returns to and updates his influential model. This newly expanded edition takes into consideration the latest research and developments in the field and presents a practical, postmodern theory and approach to career counseling.
Career and vocational guidance have existed since the early 20th century and has centered primarily around interest inventories and ways to match individuals to jobs. Savickas discusses and reviews this history as he presents his 21st century theory of career counseling: a therapeutic form completely different from traditional vocational guidance or career education.
Rather than assuming that a person's interests and traits exist a priori and are ready to be matched to a particular career, this narrative approach recognizes the power of the individual to construct their own career story.
In this book, Savickas explores his practical approach: its theory, history, therapy process, primary change mechanisms, and the empirical basis for its effectiveness.
This essential primer, amply illustrated with case examples featuring diverse clients, is perfect for graduate students studying theories of therapy and counseling, as well as for seasoned practitioners interested in understanding this approach and how it might be used in their practice.
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Series Preface
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- The World of Work and Career Interventions
- Constructing Self and Identity
- Narrative Counseling
- The Career Construction Interview
- Career Construction Assessment
- Assessment of Solutions
- Assessment of Settings, Scripts, and Scenarios
- Counseling for Career Construction
- Turn Intention Into Action
Appendix: Career Construction Interview Form
Glossary of Key Terms
Recommended Resources
References
Index
About the Author
About the Series Editors
Mark L. Savickas, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Family and Community Health Sciences and chair emeritus of the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the Northeast Ohio Medical University. He also serves as an adjunct professor of counselor education at Kent State University, where he has taught career counseling to more than 5,000 students since 1973.
He has served as president for the Counseling Psychology Division of the International Association of Applied Psychology (2010–2014).
For his work in career counseling, he has received the Leona Tyler Award for Lifetime Achievement in Counseling Psychology (2011) and the John L. Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Personality and Career Research (1994) from APA Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology), the Eminent Career Award from the National Career Development Association (1996), the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society for Vocational Psychology (2006), the Award for Distinguished Contributions from the European Society for Vocational Designing and Career Counseling (2014), and honorary doctorates from the University of Lisbon (Portugal) and the University of Pretoria (South Africa).
Rather than assuming that a person's interests and traits exist a priori and are ready to be matched to a particular career, this narrative approach recognizes the power of the individual to construct their own career story. This essential primer is perfect for graduate students and seasoned practitioners.
—Counseling Today
Mark L. Savickas, in providing a series of easy-to-follow steps for using his career construction interview and assessment, applies powerful theory and shows his full respect for individuals. The paths described in this book will transform our work with clients and training career specialists.
—Rich Feller, PhD
Professor and University Distinguished Teaching Scholar, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins
- Career Counseling Over Time
In Career Counseling Over Time, Mark L. Savickas demonstrates this narrative approach to vocational counseling. This approach, which is based on career construction theory, focuses on how a client creates the meaning of his or her life.