A landmark work in the professional literature, the Handbook of Career Counseling Theory and Practice collects in one comprehensive volume in-depth presentations of every major current career counseling theory and important application in use by practitioners. It also presents - for the first time in book form - several new distinct theoretical models for career intervention.Divided into five parts, the chapters in the opening section address the general issue of converging theory and practice, and ways to reduce the rift between theorists and practitioners. Part two provides several distinct theoretical models for career intervention. Focusing on career assessment measures and techniques, the chapters in part three examine criticisms of and new directions for the practice of career assessment as well as the use of assessment instruments during career counseling. Part four presents articles offering criticisms of and new directions for the contemporary theory and practice of career intervention. The concluding chapters summarize and reflect on the prior chapters.Invaluable to career professionals and practitioners in any setting - university, business, or private practice - this handbook defines state-of-the-art in career counseling theory, practice, and research. Read Less