Counseling psychology in some form has always been a vital part of promoting good health and preventing mental, physical, and social disorders. The aim of this volume is to focus on how counseling psychology fosters and builds optimal human strength and well-being. The chapters show how counseling psychology plays a major role in helping people make changes at home, at work, and in the community in ways that prevent disease risk and strengthen personal and social resources. Written by leading psychologists, this edited volume will shift away from pathology and illness and move more toward the...

This title identifies, reports, and evaluates significant developments in vocational psychology and career counselling, and in doing so provides both professional clinicians and students with an informed understanding of both the current state and continuing progress in the field.

"Career Counseling" aims to link the past and the present, and to look to the future for significant developments in this critical field. Seven current methods are examined in detail:
* the Trait-and-Factor approach
* the Person-Centered approach
* the Psychodynamic approach
* the Developmental approach
* the Social Learning approach
* the Social Psychological approach
* Computer Assisted Career Counseling
Written to inform practicing vocational counselors and students about the practical and applied aspects of various counseling approaches, this book...