Discusses use of imagery in career counseling and life planning. Cites several studies which indicate that the imagery components of daydreams and fantasies are useful tools for career exploration and life planning when they are accessible to clients and properly processed. Discusses techniques for this exploration and planning. (Author/ABL)

Discusses Career-Development Assessment and Counseling model, which implements current development theory and uses innovative assessment measures and improved counseling methods to improve vocational and life career counseling. Focuses on assessment, treating interests and preferences as basic status data to be viewed in light of career maturity,…

This article is a detailing of the limited information available regarding the personal life of Frank Parsons, who is credited with founding the career counseling specialization of modern day professional counseling as well as all professional counseling and the related fields of vocational psychology and counseling psychology in the early 1900s.…

Describes a career assistance program to assist elite athletes (n=142) in coping with the transition out of active sport competition. Uses a lifespan development framework to describe formulation of the program. Presents outline of program and discusses implications for counseling. Notes feedback from participants has been positive and the…

Illustrates how trait-and-factor model of career counseling has evolved into a person x environment fit approach. Criticisms of original model are presented and then rebutted by clarifying misconceptions and noting advances in theory and practice. Role of differential diagnosis, problem-solving interventions, and psychometric information within…

Describes author's experiences and roles in developing four career-oriented measures: translating the Ramak into English; development of the Career Decision Scale and Occupational Stress Inventory; and current development of the Task Specific Scale of Occupational Self-Efficacy. (Author/ABL)

Presents interview of two counseling psychologists of the Career Counseling Center of the University of California, Los Angeles. Describes aspects of a relatively unique career counseling service which is composed of three intensive individual interviews and 15 to 25 hours of educational and psychological testing. (Author/ABL)

Asserts that inadequate attention has been given to incorporating family members in career counseling setting with adult clients. Explores a career counseling paradigm that takes into account the couple dynamics active in the adult's career choice process. Unique elements of the conjoint model, such as couple career assessment, along with…

Kolb's experiential learning theory offers the career counselor a meta-model with which to structure career exploration exercises and ensure a thorough investigation of self and the world of work in a manner that provides the client with an optimal amount of learning and personal development. (Author)

Provides overview of distinctive problems actors pose from a counseling standpoint and the manner in which a recently established program addresses these needs. Describes how performers are assisted in securing dignified interim work, changing their careers, and renewing their sense of purpose in life. (Author)

Reviews special issues of the "Personnel and Guidance Journal" and its successor, the "Journal of Counseling and Development." Categorizes the topics of the special issues as evidence of trends in the history of scholarly interests in counseling and development. Lists special issues. (Author/ABL)

Conducted a content analysis of the "Journal of Counseling and Development" for a 19-year period under four editorship periods from 1969 through 1988. Compares results to earlier studies to illustrate changes and trends in both the counseling professionals and the journal. (Author/ABL)

Argues for examining computerized career information and guidance systems in the same way in which paper-and-pencil instruments are assessed. Considers issues related to programing, technical-service problems, and staffing. (Author/ABL)

Encourages practicing counselors and researchers to consider career development as a key ingredient in the conceptualization of wellness. Considers it imperative to begin to assist clients in achieving this aspect of occupational wellness through the integration of career identity and personal identity. (Author/NB)

Responds to previous article by Spokane in which Spokane reacted to Lowman's article on Inter-Domain Model of career assessment and counseling. Responds specifically to Spokane's allegations of triple bias, alleged obligation always to assess in all three domains (personality, vocational interests, ability), overlap among the domains, confusion of…