Career maturity denotes degree of readiness to make realistic career choices. Clients below a certain threshold of readiness lack the life experiences and personal inclinations needed to make fitting occupational choices. To increase their readiness, a counselor may help these clients develop the decisional attitudes and learn the choice concepts…

Members of ethnic and racial groups, such as African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, or Native Americans, particularly those who are unemployed and living in low income districts, have continued to struggle to overcome social barriers. A review of the literature reveals that the lack of opportunity or means to overcome social and…

Dependable Strengths Articulation Process (DSAP) is a self-development process designed to facilitate positive self-constructions and improved personal functioning through a systematic intervention that enables participants to recognize, articulate, communicate and use their Dependable Strengths. Because it is a peer-assisted process, each…

This book provides a way for individuals to look at how they make choices in their lives, and how they might make more effective choices in the future. The first part of the book provides an introduction to the CREST system. The meaning of CREST is defined in terms of the five basic choices available to human beings: Caring, Ruling, Enjoying,…

A total model of skill-based intervention which includes theoretical rationale and practical forms and techniques is described. The skill-based model is applicable to practicum supervision in schools and agency settings. Counseling skills important in practicum are delineated. Guidelines are given for working with field supervisors, university…

Despite recent calls for counseling psychology to embrace social justice-oriented work, there has been little discussion about what such work actually looks like. The first part of this article derives a set of principles from feminist and multicultural counseling theories that counseling psychologists should consider as they engage in social…

Discusses the competencies basic to Adlerian therapy--including influencing psychological movement, working with the family communication system, focusing on the real issue, aligning goals and dealing with resistance, stimulating social interest, encouragement, and tentative hypotheses, and antisuggestion. A specific process for helping the family…

Committees composed of representatives from major guidance organizations in Massachusetts developed guidelines for counselors to use in assisting teachers, students, administrators, and local citizens in implementing career education in the schools. The guidelines first present the rationale for career education, (defining it and distinguishing it…

The author describes eight diagnostic categories which serve as an heuristic approach to diagnosing the client's needs and ability to respond to specific appraoches in therapy/counseling. He reviews classic theories and recent counseling approaches and their variations. The paper focuses on the need to determine individual needs and follow a…

This monograph attempts a partial description of the development of the competency-based counselor education (CBCE) program and the procedures used to promote that development. The first section describes the distinguishing features of CBCE. It notes differences from more traditional approaches, such as that under CBCE the evaluation focus is…

This manual introduces some of the essential principles of counseling. It is geared toward the training and education of those who have not had significant prior counseling experiences and is not comprehensive. These topics are discussed, focusing on basic, introductory material: (1) general principles of human behavior and motivation including…