The author maintains that mid-career changes should be viewed as a natural step in a career pattern rather than a radical shift that forsakes all that went before. She outlines some considerations for counselors. (Author)

Retirement counseling offers assistance to the person who lacks either the knowledge or the skills to define or solve the problems that arise in this later stage of life. (Author)

Describes the sociological, economic, and psychological considerations that are encouraging persons to seek new mid-life educational, career, and life style changes. Discusses these considerations and the counselor's role. (Author)

This article briefly delineates the major problems of older women who feel "over the hill" and suggests ways that counselors can be increasingly effective in their efforts to understand and work with these women. (Author)