Record Nr.

UNINA9910817072003321

Titolo

Handbook of career counseling for women / / edited by W. Bruce Walsh, Mary J. Heppner

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006

ISBN

1-135-61482-2

1-299-69348-2

1-135-61483-0

1-282-37558-X

9786612375583

1-4106-1703-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (558 p.)

Collana

Contemporary topics in vocational psychology

Altri autori (Persone)

WalshW. Bruce <1936->

HeppnerMary J

Disciplina

331.702/082

Soggetti

Women - Vocational guidance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Career counseling for women / edited by W. Bruce Walsh & Samuel H. Osipow. 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Handbook of Career Counseling for Women; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 History of Career Counseling for Women; 2 Basic Issues and Concepts in the Career Development and Counseling of Women; 3 Women and Poverty: A Holistic Approach to Vocational Interventions; 4 Career Assessment and Counseling for Women; 5 A Critical Feminist Approach to Career Counseling With Women; 6 Sex, Gender, and Dual-Earner Families: Implications and Applications for Career Counseling for Women; 7 Career Counseling With African American Women; 8 Career Counseling for Asian Women

9 Career Counseling With Latinas10 A Culturally Oriented Approach for Career Counseling With Native American Women; 11 Career Counseling With Lesbian Clients; 12 Career Concerns of Immigrant Women: Issues and Implications for Career Counseling; 13 Career Counseling for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Fields; 14 Career Counseling for Women in Management; Author Index;

Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The goal of this book is to give career counselors knowledge awareness, and skills to work with diverse girls and women to make their lives as authentic, meaningful, and rewarding as they can possibly be. It is designed to help career counselors work with diverse girls and women as they pursue the ever widening choices in their lives. In addition, the text:*focuses on the history of the field and provides the social-historical context for its development;*discusses basic issues and concepts in the career development and counseling of women;*discusses the needs of women from dif