ACA Postmodern Career Counseling A Handbook of Culture, Context, and Cases

This practiced-based handbook describes postmodern career counseling models and methods designed to meet clients' diverse needs in today's challenging work environment. Readers will gain a solid understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of postmodern career counseling and learn practical approaches to counseling clients of various ages and backgrounds on occupational choice and other issues, such as coping with developmental tasks, career transitions, and work traumas. Drawing directly from their experiences with clients, career counseling experts link theory to practice in 17 application chapters that demonstrate the process of postmodern career assessment and intervention embedded in culture and context. Multicultural case vignettes and a "Practical Application Guide" in each of these chapters facilitate classroom learning and discussion. *Requests for digital versions from the ACA can be found on wiley.com. *To request print copies, please visit the ACA website here: https://imis.counseling.org/store/detail.aspx?id=78124 *Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to permissions@counseling.org Title Page 4 Copyright 6 Dedication 7 Foreword 8 Preface 10 About the Editors 20 About the Contributors 22 Acknowledgments 27 Introduction: Postmodern Career Counseling: A New Perspective for the 21st Century 28 Part I: Perspectives 49 Chapter 1: Career Counseling in Postmodern Times: Emergence and Narrative Conceptions 50 Chapter 2: The Postmodern Impulse and Career Counselor Preparation 66 Part II: Principles 82 Chapter 3: Multicultural Career Counseling: Limitations of Traditional Career Theory and Scope of Training 83 Chapter 4: Culture and Context in Constructionist Approaches to Career Counseling 98 Chapter 5: Postmodern Career Assessment: Advantages and Considerations 111 Part III: Procedures 126 Chapter 6: Using the My Career Story Workbook With an African American High School Student 127 Chapter 7: Using My Career Chapter With a Malaysian Engineer to Write and Tell a Career Story 142 Chapter 8: Constructing a Course: Constructivist Group Career Counseling With Low-Income, First-Generation College Students 160 Chapter 9: Early Recollections With a Paroled African American Male: A Career-Focused Group Approach 176 Chapter 10: The Storied Approach to Career Co-Construction With an Older Female Client 192 Chapter 11: Using the Genogram for Career Assessment and Intervention With an Economically Disadvantaged Client 212 Chapter 12: Using Life Role Analysis for Career Assessment and Intervention With a Transgender Client 228 Chapter 13: Using Personal Construct Psychology: Constructing a Career With an Asian American Client 242 Chapter 14: Tools to Connect: Using Career Card Sorts with a Latina Client 257 Chapter 15: Possible Selves Mapping with a Mexican American Prospective First-Generation College Student 272 Chapter 16: The Life Design Genogram: Self-Construction with an Italian Female Transitioning to the World of Work 288 Chapter 17: Relational Cultural Career Assessment: The Case of an Indian Immigrant First-Year College Student 307 Chapter 18: Solution-Focused Career Counseling With a Male Military Veteran 322 Chapter 19: Using the One Life Tools Narrative Framework: From Clarification to Intentional Exploration With an East Asian Female 337 Chapter 20: From the Systems Theory Framework to My System of Career Influences: Integrating Theory and Practice With a Black South African Male 350 Chapter 21: Action Theory of Career Assessment for Clients With Chronic Illness and Disability 366 Chapter 22: Using Chaos Theory of Careers as a Counseling Framework With a Female African American College Student 382 Conclusion: Postmodern Principles and Teaching Considerations for 21st–Century Career Counseling 397 Glossary 411 Index 414 Technical Support 470 End User License Agreement 471 This practiced-based handbook describes postmodern career counseling models and methods designed to meet clients'diverse needs in today's challenging work environment. Readers will gain a solid understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of postmodern career counseling and learn practical approaches to counseling clients of various ages and backgrounds on occupational choice and other issues, such as coping with developmental tasks, career transitions, and work traumas. Drawing directly from their experiences with clients, career counseling experts link theory to practice in 17 application chapters that demonstrate the process of postmodern career assessment and intervention embedded in culture and context. Multicultural case vignettes and a “Practical Application Guide” in each of these chapters facilitate classroom learning and discussion. •Requests for digital versions from the ACA can be found on wiley.com. •To request print copies, please visit the ACA website here: https://imis.counseling.org/store/detail.aspx?id=78124 •Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to publications@counseling.org

This practiced-based handbook describes postmodern career counseling models and methods designed to meet clients’ diverse needs in today’s challenging work environment. Readers will gain a solid understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of postmodern career counseling and learn practical approaches to counseling clients of various ages and backgrounds on occupational choice and other issues, such as coping with developmental tasks, career transitions, and work traumas.

Drawing directly from their experiences with clients, career counseling experts link theory to practice in 17 application chapters that demonstrate the process of postmodern career assessment and intervention embedded in culture and context. Multicultural case vignettes and a “Practical Application Guide” in each of these chapters facilitate classroom learning and discussion.

This practiced-based handbook describes postmodern career counseling models and methods designed to meet clients' diverse needs in today's challenging work environment. Readers will gain a solid understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of postmodern career counseling and learn practical approaches to counseling clients of various ages and backgrounds on occupational choice and other issues, such as coping with developmental tasks, career transitions, and work traumas. Drawing directly from their experiences with clients, career counseling experts link theory to practice in 17 application chapters that demonstrate the process of postmodern career assessment and intervention embedded in culture and context. Multicultural case vignettes and a "Practical Application Guide" in each of these chapters facilitate classroom learning and discussion. -- Publisher's description Chapter 19: Using the One Life Tools Narrative Framework: From Clarification to Intentional Exploration With an East Asian Female -- Chapter 20: From the Systems Theory Framework to My System of Career Influences: Integrating Theory and Practice With a Black South African Male -- Chapter 21: Action Theory of Career Assessment for Clients With Chronic Illness and Disability -- Chapter 22: Using Chaos Theory of Careers as a Counseling Framework With a Female African American College Student -- The Changing Nature of Work Narratives -- A Postmodern Metanarrative Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Postmodern Career Counseling: A New Perspective for the 21st Century -- Part I: Perspectives -- Part II: Principles -- Part III: Procedures -- Conclusion: Postmodern Principles and Teaching Considerations for 21st-Century Career Counseling -- Glossary -- Index -- Technical Support -- End User License Agreement -- Chapter 1: Career Counseling in Postmodern Times: Emergence and Narrative Conceptions