Career Counseling: A Holistic Approach
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (756 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1305087283 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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The traditional separation of career counseling and personal counseling is bridged in this text. The author provides in-depth, contextual information related to serving special populations, including female and male clients, clients with disabilities, racial/ethnic minority clients, and clients within a variety of age groups." . "I find this product is one of the strongest on the market that is more inclusive of the whole lifespan and includes the holistic considerations. This is an excellent move to unite the counseling profession, and to demonstrate that the two cannot be separated.""This is a very comprehensi
Thoroughly revised and updated, the ninth edition includes chapters on integrating career and personal counseling, job loss and transitions, adult career development, and career-related programs in middle schools. The text's innovative holistic or "whole person" approach demonstrates how to consider a client's values, temperament, talents, and passions when trying to determine his or her best career fit. Providing the most current, comprehensive coverage available, CAREER COUNSELING: A HOLISTIC APPROACH, 9th Edition equips readers with a solid understanding of the theoretical models of career counseling as well as practical techniques on how to effectively counsel clients. In addition, diversity issue
Soul-crushing. Student4Life I wish I could give this book less than one star. It is terrible. Truly awful. After four years for an undergraduate degree and two-and-a-half more for a masters, I can say this is the most soul-crushing, deadly-boring, poorly written text I've come across. It seems as if the author is playing a game with himself: "If it takes ten words to make my point, how many more words can I add to stretch it to a paragraph?" You'd think the publisher is paying by the word. If there is . don't. just don't. This was one of THE WORST books I've ever read for school. It's a complete bore-fest and rather oddly worded at times. It cured my insomnia and sleep deprivation, as it helped me sleep in class, whenever I read it at home, and when studying for exams.On the plus side, if you take academics aside, this thing is the Swiss army knife of books.As a pillow it's OK, kinda on the hard side of things, but it works. I find that thicker books will set your head up higher so you may ne. Arielle Wellons said Poorly written and unreliable. I appreciated some of the content about cultural factors and developmental concerns. However, the book is poorly-written, and, as others have said, very difficult to follow at times. The writing quality is definitely below that of most of my other textbooks. It seems as if the book were never truly proof-read. I kept encountering sentence fragments that didn't make sense, and I had to infer what the author was trying to say.Even worse, I came across this statement on page Poorly written and unreliable I appreciated some of the content about cultural factors and developmental concerns. However, the book is poorly-written, and, as others have said, very difficult to follow at times. The writing quality is definitely below that of most of my other textbooks. It seems as if the book were never truly proof-read. I kept encountering sentence fragments that didn't make sense, and I had to infer what the author was trying to say.Even worse, I came across this statement on page 37. 7
Zunker continues to push the discipline forward by keeping career counseling relevant to all counseling students. Vernon Zunker is a retired professor from Southwest Texas State University. Although retired from teaching, Dr. He earned his Ed.D. . with an emphasis on counseling from the University of Houston and completed a residency in clinical psychology at the Uni