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Counseling Theory and Practice Resources
The OCPD has intentionally articulated approaches to counseling; specifically, the career
counseling staff practices solution focused, person-centered, and cognitive behavioral
approaches. Below are a list of resources. Before engaging in counseling, we recommend
obtaining appropriate education, training, and supervision experience pursuant to the
American Counseling Association and National Career Development Association?s Code of
Ethics.
Career Development Field - Overview of Theories:
Career counseling is a sub-field of counseling with some general counseling theories that
cross over and others that are specific to career development. As new theories are emerging
to meet the demands of ever changing professions and environments, the list below is by no
means comprehensive but does offer a solid foundation upon which to start building an
understanding of the career development field.
Books
Brown, S. D., & Lent, R. W. (2013). Career Development and Counseling: Putting
Theory and Research to Work (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Brown, D. (2016). Career information, career counseling, and career development (11th
ed.). New York, NY: Pearson.
Figler, H. & Bolles, R.N. (2007). The career counselor?s handbook (2nd ed.). Berkeley,
CA: Ten Speed Press. Chapters 11-19 (pages 106-178) focus on career counselors?
tools.
Swanson, J. L., & Fouad, N. A. (2010). Career theory and practice: Learning through
case studies (2nd. ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Online Resources: NCDA Internet Sites for Career Planning [1]
Professional Associations: National Career Development Association
[2]
OCPD?s Counseling Theory Approaches:
Solution Focused Brief Therapy:
Books:
?Gladding, T. (2013). Counseling: A comprehensive profession (7th ed.). Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Pearson. (This publication provides an overview of the counseling field. For
more information on solution focused counseling, see Chapter 10 (pages 223-225);
Murdock, N. L. (2009).
Theories of counseling and psychotherapy: A case approach (2d ed.). Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Pearson. (This publication provides an overview of counseling theories. For
information on solution focused counseling, see chapter 14 (pages 460-489).)
Articles:
Burwell, R., & Chen, C. (2006). Applying the principles and techniques of solutionfocused therapy to career counselling. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 19(2), 189203. Looby, M.A. (2014); Solution-focused career counseling. NCDA Career
Convergence. Retrieved from:
http://associationdatabase.com/aws/NCDA/pt/sd/news_article/89853/_PARENT/layout_details_cc/
[3]
Online Resources: Psychology Tools [4] has online resources related to solution focused
therapy [5]
Professional Association: Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association [6]
Additional Training: Solution Focused Brief Therapy [7]
Person-Centered Counseling
Books:
Cain, D. J. (2010). Person-centered psychotherapies. Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association; Gladding, T. (2013).
Counseling: A comprehensive profession (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
(This publication provides an overview of the counseling field. For information on personcentered counseling, see Chapter 9 (pages 192-195); Murdock, N. L. (2009).
Theories of counseling and psychotherapy: A case approach (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Pearson. (This publication provides an overview of counseling theories. For
information on solution focused counseling, see chapter 5 (pages 147-178).)
Articles:
Crisp, R. (2010). A person-centered perspective to counselling in educational and
vocational agencies. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 20(1), 22-30;
Stubbs, J.P. & Bozarth, J. D. (1993). Career assessment and the person-centered
approach. Journal of Career Assessment, 1(4), 341-354.
Online Resources: Psychology Tools [4] has online resources related to person-centered
counseling [8]
Professional Association: The Association for the Development of the Person Centered
Approach [9]
Additional Training: Person-Centered Therapy [10]
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based model of collaborative solutionfocused therapy. The goal of CBT is to help people change unproductive thinking, behavior
and emotional patterns so that they can more confidently move forward in their lives and thus
create opportunity for themselves.
Techniques can include: identifying and exploring negative thought, emotional and behavioral
patterns, assigning homework, behavior or exposure experiments so a person can practice
learning new skills and solving problems in different ways. For more information regarding
CBT and its applications in counseling, please see a list of resources below.
Books:
Beck, J. S., & Beck, A. T. (2011). Cognitive behavior therapy: Basics and beyond. New
York: The Guilford Press.
Lent, R.W., Brown, S.D., Hackett, G. (2002). Social cognitive career theory. In D. Brown
& Associates (Eds.), Career choice and development (4th ed., pp. 255-311). San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Peterson, G.W., Sampson, J.P., Jr., Lenz, J.G., & Reardon, R.C. (2002). A cognitive
information processing approach to career problem solving and decision making. In D.
Brown & Associates (Eds.), Career choice and development (4th ed., pp. 312-369). San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Sheward, Steve, and Rhena Branch. Motivational Career Counselling and Coaching:
Cognitive and Behavioural Approaches. London: SAGE, 2012.
Articles:
Betz, N. E. (2006). Career Self-Efficacy Theory: Back to the Future. Journal of Career
Assessment, 14(1), 3-11. http://doi:10.1177/1069072705281347 [11]
Lent, R. W., & Brown, S. D. (2006). Integrating person and situation perspectives on
work satisfaction: A social-cognitive view. Journal of Vocational Behavior,69(2), 236247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2006.02.006 [12]
Lustig, D. C., & Strauser, D. R. (2002). The Relationship Between Sense of Coherence
and Career Thoughts. The Career Development Quarterly, 51(1), 2-11.
http://doi:10.1002/j.2161-0045.2002.tb00587.x [13]
Online resources: Psychology Tools [4] has online resources related to CBT [14]. Handbook of
Brief Cognitive Behavior
. Brief CBT powerpoint for health professionals [16] (slides 1-18 of the powerpoint are the
most applicable)
Professional Associations: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies [17].
Academy of Cognitive Therapy [18]
Additional Training: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy [19]
[15]
Counseling Field - Overview of Theories:
Many counselors, advisors and coaches find that they use multiple theories and approaches
depending on a client's needs and context. If you're looking for a general overview of theories
and counseling in different contexts, the resources below can help build your knowledge on
the counseling profession, counseling in different settings with different populations and
multicultural issues in counseling.
Books:
Burke, M. G., Sauerheber, J. D., Hughey, A. W., & Laves, K. (2016). Helping skills for
working with college students: Applying counseling theory to student affairs practice.
New York, NY: Routledge.
Corey, G. (2013). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (9th ed.).
Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.
Gladding, T. (2013). Counseling: A comprehensive profession (7th ed.). Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Pearson. (Chapter 15, pages 310-334 provides information about career
counseling over the lifespan.)
Neukrug, E. (2016). The world of the counselor: An introduction to the counseling
profession. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning
Sue, D. W., & Sue, D. (2016). Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice,
7th Edition. John Wiley & Sons.
Online Resources: Psychology Tools [20] - Comprehensive list of approaches with brief
explanations, exercises/handouts for therapists and references
Professional Associations: American Counseling Association [21]
Additional Training: Directory of accredited counseling programs [22]
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