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Career, Work, and Mental Health Integrating Career and Personal Counseling

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ISBN-10: 1412964245

ISBN-13: 9781412964241

Edition: 2008

Authors: Vernon G. Zunker

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This book is a T1 for graduate and advanced courses on career counseling/development. The approach is novel and has not been done to date. In this proposed text, Zunker integrates career counseling/development with mental health counseling. Thus the book builds on the framework that career counseling cannot be viewed in isolation of mental health issues; an individual needs to viewed as a whole person whose psyche and mental health are delicately intertwined. He provides a solid foundation on career theory and development but then goes into the second part of the book, which deals with how mental health and career issues are intertwined and how a career counselor or mental health counselor…    
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Book details

List price: $129.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Vernon Zunker is a retired professor from Southwest Texas State University. He earned his Ed.D. with an emphasis on counseling from the University of Houston and completed a residency in clinical psychology at the University of Texas Medical School at Galveston. Although retired from teaching, Dr. Zunker continues to push the discipline forward by keeping career counseling relevant to all counseling students.

Career Counseling Perspectives
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
Career Development theories
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
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
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
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
Mental Health Issues And Solutions
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
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
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
Personality Development, Disorders and its Impact on Career
Some Personality Factors in Perspective
Secure Relationships
Personal Goals
Gender and Cultural Diversity Issues
Personality Disorders
Personality Disorders
Personality Disorders in Perspective
Personality Disorders
Personality Disorders in Perspective
Personality Disorders
Personality Disorders in Perspective
An Overview of Personality Disorders
Summary
Supplementary Learning Exercises
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
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
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
Acculturation Scales
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV-TR) Classification System (APA, 2000)
References
Name Index
Subject Index
About the Author