SocioDynamic Counseling, a registered Canadian Trademark, is a new type of counseling created to meet the needs of a changing world. It places a greater emphasis on creativity and cooperation between counselor and client, and upon acknowledging the importance of context in counseling. The SocioDynamic perspective is both a spanning perspective and…

Crites makes a multi-attribute comparison of five approaches to career counseling (trait and factor, client-centered, psychodynamic, developmental, and behavioral). Attributes discussed are diagnosis, process outcomes, interview techniques, test interpretation, and use of occupational information. Responses by L. Vetter, L. W. Harmon, L. Jacobs,…

This article focuses on the use of constructivist approaches by career counsellors. A three phase solution-focused model is presented that will enable career counselling practitioners to use brief, positively oriented strategies in an integrated manner with their clients. In addition, possible ways counsellors might integrate systems thinking in…

Over the past 15 years there have been pronouncements by nationally known educators and critics on counseling. During this period there has been a growing emphasis upon career counseling, career choice and career development. Concurrently there has been an increase in effort to develop and validate counseling and career development theories. The…

As with any new theory, it is necessary to validate the basic construct of vocational maturity. Once this is done, instruments to measure vocational maturity, or decision making, can be evaluated. With this as an objective, this paper discusses some of the problems associated with measuring vocational maturity, such as identifying variables,…

Discusses the unique career behavior characteristics of Blacks related to extant career development theories and social factors. Situational factors are related to career choice behavior of Blacks (socioeconomic background, work ethic, career values, aspirations, and expectations). (Author)

The multimodal career counseling model is a logical extension of Lazarus' multimodal behavior therapy through the assessment of seven modalities that affect the career of the individual. Interventions may be directed at the early decision-making stage or when difficulties are encountered. (Author)

Attempts to involve counseling psychologists in the school-to-work movement by exploring theory building, research, training, and practice. Focuses on youth labor market issues in school-to-work transitions; legislation influencing such transitions; the strengths, limitations, and risks of the school-to-work transition movement; and diversity…

Attempts to integrate career, family, and developmental theories using a family developmental psychology perspective. Looks at the synthesis of individual, interactional, and intergenerational forces that influence the career development of women, and discusses potentially inhibitory or facilitative conditions for the career growth of women. Case…

John Holland's typological theory of persons and environments is regarded as the most influential in the field of career counseling (Brown, 2002), but few have carried the theory over to the field of higher education and academic advising (Smart, Feldman, & Ethington, 2000). Therefore, Holland's theory and the subsequent research on it were…

Published in a recent issue of Employment Service Review.

Identifies individual and contextual factors relevant to the school-to-work transition for work-bound high school students. Interviews of 45 employed young women and men revealed that those satisfied with their jobs were also satisfied with their lives, were self aware, and were pragmatic and relied upon others. Other findings are presented. (RJM)

Research related to the characteristics that are sought by recruiters and prospective employers in graduating college students suggests that emotional intelligence (EI) skills are as important as, if not more important than, job-related skills. Counselors working with college students, however, usually focus on career management and job search…

This article reviews professional literature published in 2005 related to career counseling and career development. The literature is divided into 4 broad areas: professional issues, career theory and concepts, career interventions and practice, and career assessment and technology. The authors summarize and discuss the implications of the…

Constructivists believe that counselors and therapists help clients with the construction of knowledge by helping clients expand their alphabet into more flexible, viable, and complex acts of telling (language, conversations, narratives). Ways in which professionals can deconstruct the fundamental assumptions of the mental health professions and…