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A must-read for practicing counselors and counselors-in-training, APPLYING CAREER DEVELOPMENT THEORY TO COUNSELING demonstrates how to apply principles of career development in a counseling setting! Highly praised for its clear writing style, useful case examples and diversity coverage, Sharf strikes the ideal balance between theory and application. The book's companion Web site reinforces key concepts with discussion questions, tutorial quizzes, and relevant links.

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A text for a beginning graduate course in a curriculum of career counseling, testing, guidance, or theory. Presents the major principles of the major types of career theories, including trait and type, lifespan, and special focus; and shows how they can be integrated in counselling practice. The second edition enlarges the coverage of personal factors, women and minorities, class and family, and other considerations; the first edition appeared in the early 1990s. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Richard S. Sharf has been an Associate Professor of Individual and Family Studies and Psychology at the University of Delaware where he continues to teach. He worked as a psychologist in the Center for Counseling and Student Development for over 30 years doing therapy with University students until his retirement in 2005. Dr. Sharf has additional books published by Cengage Learning including THEORIES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING, 4E and LIFE'S CHOICES: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS.

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11/22/2009: Boring. Dull. Dry as burnt roast. Poorly laid out. Does not stick to topic, lots of jumping around. Poorly explained. No indepth information, just bits and pieces. Not worth the cost. Professors, get a different book. Students, run in the opposite direction from any class that uses this text. Yuck yuck yuck. This text should come with a case of No-Doz. The only reason I put even one star on the customer rating is because it is required to have something there. Other wise, NO stars.

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A must-read for practicing counselors and counselors-in-training, APPLYING CAREER DEVELOPMENT THEORY TO COUNSELING demonstrates how to apply principles of career development in a counseling setting! Highly praised for its clear writing style, useful case examples and diversity coverage, Sharf strikes the ideal balance between theory and application. The book's companion Web site reinforces key concepts with discussion questions, tutorial quizzes, and relevant links.

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A text for a beginning graduate course in a curriculum of career counseling, testing, guidance, or theory. Presents the major principles of the major types of career theories, including trait and type, lifespan, and special focus; and shows how they can be integrated in counselling practice. The second edition enlarges the coverage of personal factors, women and minorities, class and family, and other considerations; the first edition appeared in the early 1990s. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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New edition of a resource that presents key theories and research to help career counselors assist clients. Sharf (U. of Delaware) focuses on one theory per chapter, showing how each can be applied to counseling and how it can be a guide to the use of occupational information, tests, inventories, and other tools that help provide insight into career concerns. Topics include trait and type, life-span and special focus theories, and theoretical integration. New features include a chapter on constructivist approaches (replacing the former one on psychodynamic approaches) and material on cognitive information processing theory. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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ISBN: 0534272452
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: July 2005
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1	Introduction	1
	The Role of Theory in Psychology	4
	Counselors' Use of Career Development Theory	5
	Counselor Skills	8
	Goals of Career Counseling	16
	Career Development of Women	17
	Career Development of Culturally Diverse Populations	18
	What's Ahead	18
	References	20
Part 1	Trait and Type Theories	23
Chapter 2	Trait and Factor Theory	25
Step 1	Gaining Self-Understanding	27
Step 2	Obtaining Knowledge About the World of Work	38
Step 3	Integrating Information About Oneself and the World of Work	53
	Applying the Theory to Women	56
	Applying the Theory to Culturally Diverse Populations	58
	Counselor Issues	60
	Summary	61
	References	61
Chapter 3	Work Adjustment Theory	65
	Assessing Abilities, Values, Personality, and Interests	67
	Measuring the Requirements and Conditions of Occupations	74
	Matching Abilities, Values, and Reinforcers	77
	Job Adjustment Counseling	82
	Adjustment to Retirement	84
	New Developments	86
	The Role of Testing	86
	The Role of Occupational Information	88
	Applying the Theory to Women and Culturally Diverse Populations	88
	Counselor Issues	90
	Summary	90
	References	91
Chapter 4	Holland's Theory of Types	94
	The Six Types	95
	Combinations of Types	101
	Explanatory Constructs	102
	Research on Holland's Constructs	108
	The Role of Occupational Information	110
	The Role of Testing	111
	Applying the Theory to Women	112
	Applying the Theory to Culturally Diverse Populations	113
	Counselor Issues	114
	Summary	116
	References	117
Chapter 5	Myers-Briggs Type Theory	120
	Perceiving and Judging	122
	Extraversion and Introversion	127
	The Sixteen Type Combinations	127
	Dominant and Auxiliary Processes	131
	Using the Myers-Briggs Typology in Counseling	132
	The Role of Occupational Information	142
	The Role of Testing	143
	Applying the Theory to Women and Culturally Diverse Populations	145
	Counselor Issues	147
	Summary	147
	References	148
Part 2	Life-Span Theory	151
Chapter 6	Introduction to Super's Life-Span Theory	153
	Basic Assumptions of Super's Theory	153
	Self-Concept	154
	Roles	156
	Developmental Stages	157
	The Role of Occupational Information and Testing	159
	Applying the Theory to Women and Culturally Diverse Populations	159
	Summary	160
	References	160
Chapter 7	Career Development in Childhood	162
	Super's Model of the Career Development of Children	163
	Using Super's Model in Counseling Children	171
	Gender-Role Stereotyping and Gottfredson's Theory	173
	Career Development of Children from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds	178
	The Role of Occupational Information	179
	The Role of Testing	181
	Counselor Issues	182
	Summary	182
	References	182
Chapter 8	Adolescent Career Development	186
	Factors Influencing Adolescent Career Development	187
	Ginzberg's Tentative Stages of Adolescent Career Development	188
	Career Maturity	193
	Identity and Context	199
	The Role of Occupational Information	203
	The Role of Testing	204
	Gender Issues in Adolescence	205
	Career Development of Adolescents from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds	209
	Counselor Issues	213
	Summary	213
	References	214
Chapter 9	Late Adolescent and Adult Career Development	219
	Role Salience	220
	Adult Life Stages	225
	Life Stages of Women	239
	Life Stages of Culturally Diverse Adults	242
	Counselor Issues	246
	Summary	247
	References	248
Chapter 10	Adult Career Crises and Transitions	252
	Types of Transitions	253
	Categories of Career Transitions	253
	Models of Transitions and Crises	256
	Hopson and Adams's Model of Adult Transitions	258
	Career Crises Affecting Women	264
	Career Crises Affecting Culturally Diverse Populations	270
	Counselor Issues	272
	Summary	273
	References	273
Part 3	Special Focus Theories	277
Chapter 11	Constructivist Approaches to Career Development	279
	Personal Construct Psychology	280
	Narrative Counseling	291
	The Role of Testing	301
	The Role of Occupational Information	302
	Applying the Theories to Women and Culturally Diverse Populations	303
	Counselor Issues	303
	Summary	304
	References	305
Chapter 12	Parental Influence Theories	307
	Roe's Personality Development Theory	308
	Attachment Theory	321
	Parent-Child Career Interactions	324
	Family Systems Therapy	325
	Using Parental Influence Theories in Counseling	327
	Applying the Theories to Women and Culturally Diverse Populations	330
	Summary	331
	References	331
Chapter 13	Social Learning and Cognitive Theory	335
	Krumboltz's Social Learning Theory	336
	Social Cognitive Career Theory	356
	The Role of Occupational Information	364
	The Role of Testing	365
	Applying Social Learning and Social Cognitive Career Theories to Women	365
	Applying Social Learning and Social Cognitive Career Theories to Culturally Diverse Populations	368
	Counselor Issues	369
	Summary	370
	References	370
Chapter 14	Career Decision-Making Approaches	374
	Tiedeman's Perspective on the Process of Career Decision Making	375
	A Spiritual Perspective on Decision Making	382
	A Cognitive Information Processing Approach	391
	The Role of Occupational Information	405
	The Role of Testing	406
	Applying the Theories to Women and Culturally Diverse Populations	406
	Counselor Issues	407
	Summary	408
	References	408
Chapter 15	The Labor Market: Sociological and Economic Perspectives	411
	The United States Labor Market	412
	Sociological and Economic Approaches	414
	Youth Employment	417
	The Effect of the Work Environment on the Individual	419
	Status Attainment Theory	422
	Human Capital Theory	427
	Dual-Economy Theory	429
	Women and Discrimination in the Workplace	431
	Culturally Diverse Individuals and Discrimination in the Workplace	438
	Summary	441
	References	442
Part 4	Theoretical Integration	449
Chapter 16	Theories in Combination	451
	Combining Theories	452
	Noncounseling Applications of Theories	463
	Special Counseling Issues	465
	Test Use in Theories	469
	Occupational Classification Systems and Career Development Theories	470
	How Theories Apply to Career Development Issues of Women	472
	How Theories Apply to Cultural Diversity Issues in Career Development	474
	Counselor Issues	475
	Conclusion	477
	References	477
Appendix	Tests and Their Publishers	481
	Name Index	485
	Subject Index	491

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