The goal of this book is to give career counselors knowledge awareness, and skills to work with diverse girls and women to make their lives as authentic, meaningful, and rewarding as they can possibly be. It is designed to help career counselors work with diverse girls and women as they pursue the ever widening choices in their lives. In addition, the text: (1) focuses on the history of the field and provides the social-historical context for its development; (2) discusses basic issues and concepts in the career development and counseling of women; (3) discusses the needs of women from different ethnic backgrounds, income levels, and sexual preferences; (4) reviews critical gender issues in many forms of qualitative and quantitative assessment; (5) describes the use of a critical feminist approach to career counseling; (6) discusses dual career and dual earners' career needs; (7) focuses on the rapid growth in science/technology/engineering and mathematical (STEM) occupational fields; and (8) examines the career counseling needs of women in management positions. Following a preface, this book is divided into 14 chapters: (1) History of Career Counseling for Women (H. S. Farmer); (2) Basic Issues and Concepts in the Career Development and Counseling of Women (N. Betz); (3) Women and Poverty: A Holistic Approach to Vocational Interventions (M. J. Heppner and K. M. O'Brien); (4) Career Assessment and Counseling for Women (S. D. Lonborg and G. Hackett); (5) A Critical Feminist Approach to Career Counseling with Women (K. M. Chronister, E. H. McWhirter, and L. Forrest); (6) Sex, Gender, and Dual-Earner Families: Implications and Applications for Career Counseling for Women (L. A. Gilbert and L. K. Kearney); (7) Career Counseling with African American Women (R. P. Bingham, C. M. Ward, and M. M. Butler); (8) Career Counseling for Asian Women (S. R. Ali, S. Z. Lewis, and R. Sandil); (9) Career Counseling with Latinas (L. Y. Flores, R. L. Navarro, and L. Ojeda); (10) A Culturally Oriented Approach for Career Counseling with Native American Women (C. McCloskey and L. Mintz); (11) Career Counseling with Lesbian Clients (K. J. Bieschke and E. Toepfer-Hendey); (12) Career Concerns of Immigrant Women: Issues and Implications for Career Counseling (O. Yakushko); (13) Career Counseling for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Fields (R. E. Fassinger and P. A. Asay); and (14) Career Counseling for Women in Management (J. E. A. Russell).