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Praise for the First Edition: For those of you whwonder if the counselling approach is of much use for career guidance, this book should be informative The importance of working with insight intclient feelings is exemplified by insights intthe need taddress and work through feelings sthat blocks tcareer interest and good decision-making can be overcome The book outlines basic counselling skills and more complex ones and many straightforward exercises; ways of generating career options; career drivers and satisfiers; decision-making exercises; and guidelines for investigating careers This text has made me more aware of the importance of thinking in terms of counselling and group counselling in the work I drelating tcareers - Guidance Matters Career counselling is often mistakenly described as giving people advice on finding the best career path This fully revised and updated second edition of Career Counselling explains what career counselling actually is, why people seek it, and indicates the many contexts where it is used It describes in detail the skills, tools and techniques of career counselling, useful tboth professional career counsellors and those for whom career counselling is just part of their work This practical guide examines the issues typically brought tcareer counselling, and includes a completely new chapter on the role of career counselling within organisations Other areas covered include: o the dilemmas of independent and in-house career counsellors o screening and contracting o ways of facilitating decision-making and managing blocks o self-management and continuing professional development Career Counselling, Second Edition stresses the importance of adopting a whole person approach whilst maintaining a career focus Illustrated throughout by case studies from the authors experience, the book draws on approaches ranging from the humanistic work of Carl Rogers tsolution-focused counselling The book contains an invaluable resources section and includes a brand new appendix containing photocopiable exercises which practitioners and their clients can use in conjunction with their counselling sessions Robert Nathan is Managing Director of Career Counselling Services, London
