Career, Work, and Mental Health: Integrating Career and Personal Counseling - Rilegato

Zunker, Vernon

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ISBN 10: 1412964237 ISBN 13: 9781412964234

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns, 2008

Riassunto

Individuals seeking career counseling often present with a complex array of issues, and thus it is often difficult for counselors to separate career satisfaction and development from other mental health issues. Career, Work, and Mental Health examines this tightly woven connection between mental health issues and career development and offers practical ways for counselors to blend career and personal counseling. Taking this integrative approach, author Vernon Zunker offers step-by-step procedures for delivering effective intervention strategies – tactics that are meaningful and relevant to career choice, career development, and the interconnectedness of personal problems.

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L'autore:

Vernon G. Zunker, (Ed.D. University of Houston, postdoctoral training at the University of Texas Medical School at Galveston, where he completed a residency in clinical psychology) is professor emeritus, Texas State University. Dr. Zunker had a joint appointment during most of his tenure at Texas State University where he was Director of the Counseling Center for 18 years and taught graduate courses in counseling for 24 years. In addition, he established a student learning resource center, a career development resource center, and was instrumental in the development of a testing center and the university's credit-by-examination program. Dr. Zunker, a licensed psychologist, was also a consultant to the Texas Rehabilitation Commission for more than two decades. He was a member of statewide committee for several years that was charged with the responsibility of selecting psychological assessment instruments for the state vocational rehabilitation testing program that established eligibility of its clients. He has written seven editions of Career Counseling: A Holistic Approach (5th edition translated into Chinese, and 6th edition translated into Korean,) four editions of Using Assessment for Career Development and three editions as co-author. He has also authored two editions of A Dream Come True: Robert Hugman and San Antonio's Riverwalk (translated into Japanese.) He considers his almost 3 years of sailing in the Merchant Marine as one of his greatest learning experiences. He often told his students that as a teenager on his own in a number of foreign countries, he learned to appreciate the significance of cultural differences. He and his wife Rosalie and canine companion, Toddi, reside in San Antonio.

Contenuti:

PART I. CAREER COUNSELING PERSPECTIVES
1. Introduction
Some Perspectives of Personal and Career Development Counseling
Multidimensional Influences Shape Behavior
Focusing on Multiple Life Roles
The Pervasive Nature of Psychological Disorders
The Pervasive Nature of Work Stress
The Case for Each Client's Cognitive Schemas
Recognizing and Uncovering Constraints of Career Choice
Cultural diversity and Acculturation
Summary
Supplementary Learning Exercises
2. Career Development theories - An Overview
Career Development Theories
Trait Oriented Theories
Trait Oriented Theories in Perspective
Social Learning and Cognitive Theories
Social Learning and cognitive Theories in Perspectives
Developmental Theories of Career Choice
Developmental Theories of Career Choice in Perspective
Person-in-Environment Perspective
Summary of Career Development Theory Perspectives
Summary
Supplementary Learning Exercises
3. Career Counseling Practices
A Learning Theory of Career Counseling
Intake Interview
Using Assessment Results for Career Counseling
Interventions
Whole Person Approach to Career and Personal Concerns
Summary
Supplementary Learning Exercises
4. Constraints Effecting Career Choice and Development
Model of American Class Structure
Socioeconomic Status (SES)
Social Class and Socialization
Potential Career Choice Constraints
Self-Efficacy for Effective Behavior
Summary
Supplementary Learning Exercises
5. Career Choice and Development and the Changing Nature of Work
Initial Career Choice-The Shaping Process
Career Choice Perspectives From Career Development Theories
Career Choice-Central Component of a Person's Identity
Economic Restructuring
A Prevalent Career Model-Boundaryless Careers
Contract Breach
Some Career Barriers
Summary
Supplementary Learning Exercises
PART II: MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS
6. Depression and its Impact on Career Development
Biopsychosocial Model
Development of Mood Disorder-Depression
Biological Dimensions
Psychological Dimensions
Learned Helplessness and Depression
Social and Cultural Dimensions
The Career Counseling Connection
Summary
Supplementary Learning Exercises
7. Other Mental Health and Career Concerns
Concerns Associated with Apprehension and Fear
Some Causes of Anxiety Disorders
Intervention Strategies
Concerns Associated with Fear of Social Situations and Being Around Others
Influences That Can Lead to Social Phobic Behavior
Effective Interventions
Fear of Health Problems That are Non-Existent
Effective Interventions
Substance-Related Disorders
Some Causes of Substance Abuse
Effective Interventions
Biological Interventions
Psychological Interventions
Social Interventions
The Career Work Connection
Schizophrenia
Some Causes of Schizophrenia
Interventions
Summary
Supplementary Learning Exercises
8. Cultural Diversity Dimensions
Some Perspectives on Culture
Culturally Developed Cognitive Schemas
The Cultural Self and its Career Development Implications
Focus on Some Different Worldviews in the Helping Process
Family Views
Competition versus Cooperation
Communication Styles
Locus of Control
Some Mental Issues of Cultural Groups
Abnormality: Universal and Culture Specific Factors
Anxiety Disorders
Mood Disorder-Depression
Personality Disorders
Schizophrenia
Somatoform Disorders
Summary
Supplementary Learning Exercises
9. Personality Development, Disorders and its Impact on Career
Some Personality Factors in Perspective
Secure Relationships
Personal Goals
Gender and Cultural Diversity Issues
Personality Disorders
Class A Personality Disorders
Class A Personality Disorders in Perspective
Class B Personality Disorders
Class B Personality Disorders in Perspective
Class C Personality Disorders
Class C Personality Disorders in Perspective
An Overview of Personality Disorders
Summary
Supplementary Learning Exercises
10. Assessing Personality Development Through Personality Inventories
Personality Factors From the 16 PF Questionnaire
Global or Second-Order Factors
An Integrative Perspective
The NEO-Personality Inventory-Revised
Some Big Factor Research Results
Implications for Interventions From the Neo-PI-R Profile
Personality-Outcome Relationships
Summary
Supplementary Learning Exercises
11. Work Stress
Stress Process From an Interactionist Viewpoint
Type A Behavior
Job Stressors
Work Overload
Technostress
Under and Over Promotion
Spillover
Electronic Performance Monitoring
Work Stressors in Specific Occupations
Dimensions of Psychological Well Being and Good Mental Health
Work/Family Stress
Coping Strategies to Reduce Effects of Stress
Self-Efficacy
Self-Esteem
Social Support
Cultural Diversity Issues
Summary
Supplementary Learning Exercises
12. Interventions and Case Studies
Cognitive-Behavioral Techniques
Problem Solving
Assertiveness Training and Behavioral Rehearsal
Systematic Desensitization
Cognitive-Restructuring
Cognitive Schemas
Ellis's A-B-C Theory of Personality
Self-Enhancing Thoughts
Homework Assignments
Behavior Changes by Meichenbaum
Stress Inoculation Training
The Case of John, A Very Anxious Person
The Case of Corrina, A Hypochondriac
The Case of Yolanda With Symptoms of a Borderline Personality Disorder
Summary
Supplementary Learning Exercises
Appendix A: Acculturation Scales
Appendix B: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV-TR) Classification System (APA, 2000)
References
Name Index
Subject Index
About the Author

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• Editore: Sage Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1412964237
• ISBN 13: 9781412964234
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 269