Career Counseling

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. 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.Counseling models are outlined and illustrated to help students fully understand the various theories of career counseling and how to effectively use them when dealing with clients.Integration of diversity including sections called 'Diversity Issues' highlight pertinent research. Features 3 chapters dedicated to career counseling for multicultural groups.Each chapter contains cases, an end-of-chapter summary, references, and learning exercises.Covers career guidance over the life span, including career guidance for school age children, college students, and adults in career transition.Emphasizes the adaptive ability of human beings in light of the numerous changes in the workplace.Numerous charts, bulleted/numbered lists, dialogues, agency addresses, and lists of competencies and strategies help make the material accessible and practical. Accompanied by a companion text, USING ASSESSMENT RESULTS FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT, Sixth Edition, written by Zunker and co-author Debra S. Norris, which illustrates how assessment results can increase the self-awareness needed to make rational choices.New to the Edition: New Chapter 4, Career Counseling Models, outlines five career counseling models with case illustrations to help readers become aware of different models that are used when working with clients. New Chapter 8, Self-Assessment and a Model for Using Assessment, discusses the rationale for using self-assessment tools. A seven-stage model for using assessments is also presented. Unique new Chapter 15, Career Counseling for Gay Men, Lesbian, and Bi-Sexual Clients, highlights this client population's specific issues and needs and provides counseling suggestions in the individual's life and in the counseling session. New tables summarize theories of career development and counseling models making it easy for students to study and prepare for the licensing examination. Web site information points readers to additional, reliable information online and chapter-by-chapter online quizzes provide students with additional opportunity to practice what they have learned in the chapter. The latest news and research articles online, updated daily and spanning four years! Choose to package InfoTrac College Edition with this text and you and your students will have 4-months of free access to an easy-to-use online database of reliable, full-length articles (not abstracts) from hundreds of top academic journals and popular sources. Contact your Wadsworth/Thomson Learning representative for more information. Available to North American college and university students only. Journals subject to change. Adopters of this text can utilize WebTutor Toolbox on WebCT from Thomson Learning for free. Adopters can create their own personalized URL for their course syllabus easily and exclusively. Using the power of WebCT 3.0, WebTutor Toolbox features Class syllabus online, an integrated calendar, and email for the class.