'This book should be viewed as essential reading for anyone interested in developing their understanding of the field of career counselling and developing their own approach. Practitioners will find much they might want to consider incorporating into their own work' - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling 'As a career counsellor working with clients of all ages and situations, I found Larry Cochran's new work both pragmatic and intellectually stimulating... he] provides fresh insight into the essence of career counselling, examining the past to be able to understand the present in order...
'This book should be viewed as essential reading for anyone interested in developing their understanding of the field of career counselling and develo...
Seeking to restore a holistic approach to the study of the person, Professor Cochran explores and refines an innovative method of analysis based on the use of dramaturgical concepts. The author's approach reflects a dissatisfaction, shared by many in the field of personology, with the fragmented view of the person that typically emerges from quantitative, statistically based studies. His own method offers alternative ways of conducting research based upon two units. The first is story, a completed action or drama with a beginning, middle, and end. The other is position, a way of being or...
Seeking to restore a holistic approach to the study of the person, Professor Cochran explores and refines an innovative method of analysis based on...
"The Meaning of Grief" seeks to capture the dramatic nature of grief by reconstructing the common story of people who have grieved. It provides a holistic approach to understanding the wisdom of experience in the context of human life. The book offers an original exploration of grief as a significant human emotion and introduces a unique method for the study of emotions in general. Through a detailed examination of individual accounts of grief, common themes are identified and woven into a dramatic composition, one that resembles the structure of a rite of passage. The volume carefully...
"The Meaning of Grief" seeks to capture the dramatic nature of grief by reconstructing the common story of people who have grieved. It provides a h...
Growing up with an absentee father and a deceased mother is bound to leave scars on your heart. No matter how much love Ariel got from her grandparents, those scars compelled her to prove that she was the best. At everything. When her father's friend gave her the chance to escape her competitive compulsion, Ariel was in just the right mood to take him up on the offer. When he showed her just how Talented she really was, Ariel reveled in her new-found skills and the opportunities to use them. In her new life, Ariel had it made, and knew it--beautiful home, beautiful friends, and the medical...
Growing up with an absentee father and a deceased mother is bound to leave scars on your heart. No matter how much love Ariel got from her grandparent...
