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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816172503321

Autore

Sugarman L?eonie <1950->

Titolo

Counselling and the life course / / L?eonie Sugarman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE Publications, 2004

ISBN

1-280-36982-5

1-4462-3725-7

1-4129-3355-2

9786610369829

1-4462-1893-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (130 p.) : ill

Collana

Professional skills for counsellors

Disciplina

361.06

Soggetti

Counseling

Developmental psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [114]-122) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; 'Activity Trail' Exercises; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Composing a life; 2 Developmental tasks and themes; 3 Counselling across the life course; 4 Transitions and turning points; 5 Life stories; 6 Taking a life course perspective; Appendix: commentaries on the Activity Trail exercises; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The author introduces counsellors to the concept of the life course as a multidemensional and multidisciplinary framework for thinking about clients' lives within and beyond the counselling setting. It aims to give counsellors an understanding of human development and how it impacts upon their work with clients.