Counseling Across the Lifespan: Prevention and Treatment

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Cindy L Juntunen, Donald R Atkinson
SAGE Publications, 2002 - Education - 495 pages

Counseling Across the Lifespan expands the perimeters of counseling with its emphasis on preventive techniques for adjustment problems in the lifespan of a normal individual. This cogent work focuses on counseling intervention strategies from the unique perspective of an individual’s lifespan, placing techniques in the proper development context.

By concentrating on life stages—from childhood through old age—the authors identify the nature and origin of various psychological issues such as self-identity and healthy lifestyle development in adolescents, family violence in young adults, or retirement transitions for older adults. The intervention tools needed to confront these issues are presented through succinct pedagogical features including case examples, checklists for evaluating clients, and exercises.

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A Mental Health
3
Development Developmental Concerns and Counseling
23
PART II
37
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Cindy L. Juntunen is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Counseling at the University of North Dakota. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1994. Professor Juntunen’s research interests include vocational psychology, supervision, and social action. She has published in areas of career development for women and Native Americans, School-to-Work, and supervision. She is currently directing an action research project designed to increase career aspirations and enhance work satisfaction for people moving from welfare to self-sufficiency. Donald R. Atkinson is Professor of Education in the combined Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1970. Professor Atkinson is a Fellow in the American Psychological Society and Divisions 17 and 45 of the American Psychological Association. He is a co-author of Counseling American Minorities: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (now in its 5 th edition), Counseling Non-Ethnic American Minorities, and Counseling Diverse Populations (now in its 2 nd edition), and author or co-author of over 130 journal articles, most of which report the results of research on cultural variables in counseling.