Career Theory and Practice: Learning Through Case Studies

"Jane L. Swanson and Nadya A. Fouad do a masterful job of bringing theory to life through the lived stories of actual career clients. I very much appreciated the book's format, the examples, the discussion questions, and the richly developed case examples."
-Mary J. Heppner, University of Missouri, Columbia, commenting on the First Edition

"As far as the content of the text goes, it ROCKS! The case studies keep it very engaging along with the exercises. This is the first text I've ever used that truly engaged the reader and wasn't a forced read. Thank you!"
-Student

Designed to help readers apply career development theories to their work with career counseling clients, Career Theory and Practice: Learning Through Case Studies links five major career development and choice theories to a fictional case client, "Leslie." Authors Jane L. Swanson and Nadya A. Fouad use this case study approach throughout the book to provide an integrative thread that illustrates similarities and differences between the featured theories. Thoroughly updated, the Second Edition also extends the use of the First Rdition's effective hypothesis-strategy feature and includes an entirely new chapter on assessment.

Key Features:

• Blends theory, practical examples, and specific cases to help readers apply a wide range of career development theories to counseling clients
• Draws on the authors' experiences as practitioners, researchers, and teachers
• Offers new "Counselor Cognitions" to guide readers in forming hypotheses about clients
• Adds new "Personal Reflections" featuresthat help readers in their own career development
• Discusses societal issues that influence career and work decisions, such as the role of the economy and the changing nature of the workforce

Career Theory and Practice: Learning Through Case Studies, Second Edition, is intended as a core or supplementary text for graduate-level students in career or vocational psychology courses, as well as for career practicum courses. It is also appropriate for use by counseling practitioners as an additional resource to strengthen and expand their services.

Supplements
The text is supported by Instructors Resources on CD, which includes the following:

• Syllabus
• Final Exam
• PowerPoint slides
• Occupational Information Guide

Nadya A. Fouad, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and training director of the Counseling Psychology program there. She was President of Division 17 from 2000-2001, and previously served as Vice President for Diversity and Public Interest (1996-1999). She is chair-elect-elect of the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs (2003-2007). She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Career Development Quarterly, and the Journal of Career Assessment. She has published articles and chapters on cross-cultural vocational assessment, career development, interest measurement, cross-cultural counseling and race and ethnicity. She has served as co-chair (with Patricia Arredondo) of the writing and implementation team with Division 45 of the Multicultural Guidelines, which were approved by APA in August, 2002 and published in the American Psychologist in May, 2003.