Treatment Planning in Career Counseling or Strategic Decision Making

Treatment Planning in Career Counseling

Author: John Liptak

This book provides helping professionals with a review of the most influential career development theories and then illustrates how to use them in developing treatment plans. It leaves the comprehensive overview and in-depth discussion of theories for other career counseling texts and concentrates on the practical issues of how to most effectively and competently use these theories in practice.

Table of Contents:

	Preface	vi
Part 1	The Need for Treatment Plans	1
Chapter 1	Introduction	3
	Who This Book Is For	4
	Basis of This Book	5
	Overview of the Book	7
Chapter 2	The Complexity of Career Counseling	9
	Changes in the Workplace	9
	Changes in the Career Counseling Profession	14
	Changes in the Definition of Career	15
Chapter 3	Treatment Plans in Career Counseling	17
	The Need for Treatment Planning	17
	Developing a Treatment Plan	19
	Documentation of Treatment Plans	23
Part 2	The Intake Interview	27
Chapter 4	Information-Gathering Process	29
	The Intake Assessment	29
Step 1	Gathering Demographic and Career Information	30
Step 2	Gathering Personal History Information	31
Chapter 5	Developing Rapport with the Client	38
	Interview Skills Used in the Intake Assessment	38
	Develop Rapport with the Client	38
	Observe and Attend to the Client	40
	Ask Pertinent Questions	41
	Reflect Client's Feelings	45
	Paraphrase the Client's Words	46
	Use Encouragers	46
	Clarify Mixed Messages	46
	Summarize the Client's Information	47
	Be Self-Reflective	47
Chapter 6	Self- and World-of-Work Assessment	48
	Self-Assessment	48
	Quantitative Assessments	48
	Qualitative Assessments	56
	World-of-Work Assessment	57
Part 3	Developing Treatment Plans	67
Chapter 7	Conceptualizing Developmental Theories	69
	Ginzberg, Ginsburg, Axelrad, and Herma's Developmental Model	69
	Super's Theory of Vocational Development	71
	Socioeconomic Theory	76
	Application of the Developmental Theories	78
Chapter 8	Conceptualizing Cognitive Theories	88
	Krumboltz's Social Learning Theory of Career Decision Making	88
	Social-Cognitive Career Theory	91
	Cognitive Information-Processing Approach	92
	Application of the Cognitive Theories	95
Chapter 9	Conceptualizing Matching Theories	102
	Holland's Personality Theory	102
	Roe's Model of Personality	105
	Trait and Factor Theory	107
	Application of the Matching Theories	109
Chapter 10	Conceptualizing Decision-Making Theories	114
	Katz's Sequential Elimination Model	114
	Tiedeman's Career Decision-Making Model	115
	Gelatt's Decision-Making Model	117
	Application of the Decision-Making Theories	117
Chapter 11	Conceptualizing Implementation and Adjustment Theories	122
	Liptak's Leisure Theory of Career Development	122
	Theory of Work Adjustment (TWA)	129
	Hershenson's Model of Work Adjustment	131
	Application of the Implementation and Adjustment Theories	133
Part 4	Integrating the Theories	139
Chapter 12	Application of the Treatment Planning Model	141
	References	153

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Strategic Decision Making: Multiobjective Decision Analysis with Spreadshee

Author: Craig W Kirkwood

Intended for courses in multiobjective decision analysis or as a supplement to a first course in decision analysis, this text emphasizes practical applications and problem solving.
Students learn how to use spreadsheets and other analytical tools in considering such important tradeoffs as cost versus quality and market share versus short-term return on investment.