Career Counselling

by Robert Nathan, Linda Hill

Praise for the First Edition

`For those of you who wonder if the counselling approach is of much use for career guidance, this book should be informative. The importance of working with insight into client feelings is exemplified by insights into the need to address and work through feelings so that blocks to career interest and good decision-making can be overcome... The book outlines basic counselling skills and more complex ones and many straightforward exercises; ways of generating career options; career drivers and satisfiers; decision-making exercises; and guidelines for investigating careers... This text has made me more aware of the importance of thinking in terms of counselling and group counselling in the work I do relating to careers' - Guidance Matters



Career counselling is often mistakenly described as giving people advice on finding the best career path. This fully revised and updated second edition of Career Counselling explains what career counselling actually is, why people seek it, and indicates the many contexts where it is used. It describes in detail the skills, tools and techniques of career counselling, useful to both professional career counsellors and those for whom career counselling is just part of their work.



This practical guide examines the issues typically brought to career counselling, and includes a completely new chapter on the role of career counselling within organisations. Other areas covered include:



othe dilemmas of independent and in-house career counsellors

oscreening and contracting

oways of facilitating decision-making and managing `blocks'

oself-management and continuing professional development.



Career Counselling, Second Edition stresses the importance of adopting a `whole person' approach whilst maintaining a career focus. Illustrated throughout by case studies from the authors' experience, the book draws on approaches ranging from the humanistic work of Carl Rogers to solution-focused counselling. The book contains an invaluable resources section and includes a brand new appendix containing photocopiable exercises which practitioners and their clients can use in conjunction with their counselling sessions.



Robert Nathan is Managing Director of Career Counselling Services, London.

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 1993

About the author

Robert Nathan has been career coaching people at all stages of their career since 1978. He pioneered the training and practice of career coaching in the UK, and works with domestic and international organisations to develop internal career coaching support for staff. Rob supervises the work of professional career coaches, has set up the Masters in Career & Talent Management at Kingston University and is a Chartered Psychologist. Robert co-authored two successful books: ‘Career Counselling’ ( R Nathan & L Hill, Sage, 2006) and ‘How to Survive Unemployment: Creative Alternatives’ (R Nathan & M Syrett, Penguin, 1984). He continues to write on coaching related topics, and regularly runs workshops for professional groups, such as the BPS Special Group in Coaching Psychology and the United National Career Development Roundtable.Awards and Positions
Visiting Fellow at Kingston University

Fellow of NICEC (National Institute of Career Education and Counselling)

FRSA ( Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts)

Relevant Qualifications / Training
Chartered Occupational Psychologist (1974)
Diploma in Counselling (1980)
Certificate in Systemic Coaching(2000)
Training in Solution Focused Coaching (2002)
Qualified in Level A and B (eg Myers Briggs, 360 degree feedback)
Masters in Creative Writing & Personal Development (2009)
Publications Include
Career Counselling (co-authored with Linda Hill,) Sage, 2nd edition 2006)
How to Survive Unemployment: Creative Alternatives (CIPD/IPM, 1982)
Numerous career-counselling and coaching related articles, including:
“Coaching with Open Ears” (People Management, May 2003)

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