Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0889374473 ISBN 13: 9780889374478

Casa editrice: Hogrefe Publishing, 2015

Our lives and careers are becoming ever more unpredictable. The life-design paradigm described in detail in this ground-breaking handbook helps counselors and others meet people s increasing need to develop and manage their own lives and careers. Life-design interventions, suited to a wide variety of cultural settings, help individuals become actors in their own lives and careers by activating, stimulating, and developing their personal resources. This handbook first addresses life-design theory, then shows how to apply life designing to different age groups and with more at-risk people, and looks at how to train life-design counselors.

About the Author:

Laura Nota, PhD, is a professor of career construction
and career counseling and psychological counseling for
the inclusion of social disadvantage in the Department
of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied
Psychology, University of Padova, Italy. She is the author
more than 150 scientific articles published in international
and national journals as well as more than 10
books.

Jerome Rossier, PhD, is currently a full professor of
vocational and counseling psychology at the Institute of
Psychology of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland,
as well as editor of the International Journal for Educational
and Vocational Guidance. He has published more
than 100 scientific articles and book chapters mainly
about vocational counseling, cross-cultural, and personality
issues.

Review:

In a time of major economic, social, and cultural transformation there is need for a new paradigm of
career development and change. The concept of life design provides an approach to help people develop
the necessary reflexivity so that they can survive and thrive in a rapidly changing world. In this
book an impressive array of scholars outline, in a very readable format, a comprehensive view of both
the theory and practice of life design as applied across the life span. This is a book for the 21st century,
a book that will provide stimulation for both academics and practitioners. --Norman Amundson, Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

This impressive book builds substantially on the work of the International Life Design group. It begins
by explaining the theory and concepts that underpin the paradigm shift taking place in career counseling,
and then grounds this in practice. The contributors are leading researchers in the field, and they
provide rich and varied examples of life designing in careers work across different age groups, sectors,
and cultural and social contexts. They engage with the discomforts of living in a neo-liberal world,
emphasizing the need for more meaningful, thoughtful, and creative practices to benefit the lives of
clients and practitioners. An essential text. --Hazel Reid, PhD, Reader in Career Guidance & Counseling, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, UK

This book represents the substantial next stage in the journey of the life design approach to career
development and counseling. It advances life design thinking and applications across the life span and
to various social groups and provides readers with the understanding and the tools needed to apply
the life design approach in research and practice. It is a particularly timely work in the context of
changing social conditions.
Richard A. Young, Professor of Counselling Psychology, University of British Columbia

A must read for all career development professionals and students alike. The Handbook of the Life Design is a new and essential resource for those working to improve career services in line with today s challenges and conditions. It can be used by university students facing the profession and professionals who want to be updated on consultancy activities more in tune with current times. --Sara Santilli, PhD, in Career Convergence.