Counseling Adults in Transition: Linking Practice With Theory - Hardcover

Nancy Schlossberg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826142303 ISBN 13: 9780826142306

Publisher: Springer Pub Co, 1984

Synopsis

Effective adult counseling depends on a successful integration of empirical knowledge and theory with practice. Such a framework continues to be made explicit in this updated third edition of Counseling Adults in Transition, a practical guide for students, teachers, counselors, and all other helping professionals.

In the decade since the second edition of this book, the pace of change has accelerated, and the world has become more complex. This new edition expands upon areas which have gained increased attention in recent years:

• Cultural diversity
• Spirituality in the lives of today's adults
• Advocating on behalf of clients
• Teaching clients advocacy skills

The authors show how knowledge of adult development can be fruitfully integrated with essential helping skills. The resulting process-and-content model contains practical techniques for helping adults explore the important factors in their situations, understand what is normal about adulthood and life transitions, and enhance their abilities for successful coping. In addition, a special appendix written by Dr. Schlossberg has been added. This appendix on non-events encompasses practical suggestions and exercises for helping adults navigate life's disappointments and disillusionments. The clear aim throughout is to achieve, maintain, or increase adults' capacities to love, work, and play.

About this title

About the Author

Jane Goodman, PhD, is an assistant professor of counseling in the Department of Leadership and Counseling, College of Education, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan. She received her doctorate degrees in Guidance and Counseling from Wayne State University, Detroit. She formerly worked as a consultant and trainer for the Continuum Center, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. She was the 1994-1995 President of the National Career Development Association.

Dr. Goodmans awards include Group Worker of the Year Award from the Michigan Association for Specialists in Group Work and Champion of Career Development from the Michigan Career Development Association.

Nancy K. Schlossberg, EdD, is a full professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, in the Department of Counseling and Personnel Services, College of Education, and Director of the Center of Human Services Development. She received her doctorate in education degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, in counseling. She served on the faculties of Wayne State University, Howard University, and Pratt Institute, and was the first woman executive at the American Council on Education (ACE), where she established the Office of Women in Higher Education. Dr. Schlossberg is currently a Senior Fellow at ACEs Center on Adult Learning.

Dr. Schlossbergs awards include: Fellow of three divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA), Fellow of the Gerontological Distinguished Scholar at the University of Maryland (1983). She was named as one of the Eminent Women in Psychology by the American Psychological Association and listed in Whos Who of American Women in 1993. In addition, Dr. Schlossberg has received highest honors and awards from the following national organizations: The National Career Development Association, American College Personnel Association, the National Association for Women in Education, and the American Society for Training and Development.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Pub Co
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826142303
• ISBN 13: 9780826142306
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212