Previous edition: Pacific Grove, California: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One. Foundations and resources -- Part Two. Career counseling for special populations -- Part Three. Career transitions and adult career development concerns -- Part Four. Career counseling in educational settings -- Appendix A. Chronology of counseling movement -- Appendix B. Table of basic assumptions, key terms, and outcomes -- Appendix C. Multicultural career counseling checklist for female clients -- Appendix D. Career counseling checklist -- Appendix E. Decision tree -- Appendix F. Intervention strategies -- Appendix G. National standards for school counseling programs and suggested student competencies -- Appendix H. National career development guidelines (http://www.ncda.org) -- Appendix I. Counseling websites -- Appendix J. 2009 CACREP standards related to career development.

Equips readers with a solid understanding of the theoretical models of career counseling as well as practical techniques on how to effectively counsel clients. This text demonstrates how to consider a client's values, temperament, talents, and passions when trying to determine his or her best career fit.