Counseling Adults in Transition

Encompasses practical suggestions and exercises for helping adults navigate the disappointments that accompany not having life follow your intended script.

Mary L. Anderson is an assistant professor in the Department of Counselor Education at Radford University and former Visiting Assistant Professor in the Counseling Department at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. Nancy K. Schlossberg is Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland, College Park, in the Department of Counseling and Personnel Services, College of Education, and Director of the Center of Human Services Development. Jane Goodman is Professor Emerita of counseling in the Department of Counseling, School of Education and Human Services Education, Oakland University, Rochester, MI.

List of Figures and Tables

xiii

Preface

xv

Acknowledgments

xvii

PART I WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW?

Adult Development Theories

3

(28)

Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Adulthood

4

(20)

The Developmental Perspective: Age and Stage Perspectives

5

(9)

The Contextual Perspective

14

(5)

The Life-Span Perspective

19

(3)

The Transition Perspective

22

(2)

Applying the Theoretical Perspectives

24

(5)

Case of the Midlife Man

24

(3)

Case of the Single Expectant Mother

27

(2)

Conclusion

29

(2)

The Transition Framework

31

(24)

Overview of the Transition Model

32

(1)

Approaching Transitions

33

(7)

Types of Transitions

34

(6)

The Transition Process

40

(12)

William Bridges---Endings, Neutral Zones, Beginnings

42

(3)

Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh---The Process of Role Exit

45

(1)

Arnold Van Gennep and Barbara Myerhoff---The Rites of Passage

46

(1)

Frederick Hudson---Cycle of Renewal

47

(1)

Bloch and Richmond---Hope and Spirituality

48

(1)

Unifying Themes---An Integrated Model

49

(2)

Retirement---An Example of the Transition Process

51

(1)

The Resolution

52

(1)

Summary

53

(2)

Factors That Influence Transitions

55

(32)

The 4 S System: Some Considerations

55

(5)

Balancing Assets and Liabilities

56

(1)

Appraisal of Transitions

57

(1)

A Multicultural View of Options

58

(2)

The 4 S System: A Detailed View

60

(22)

Situation

60

(5)

Self

65

(10)

Support

75

(3)

Strategies

78

(4)

Assets and Liabilities: Another Look

82

(5)

PART II WHAT ARE WE LIKELY TO HEAR?

Individual Transitions

87

(28)

Situation

89

(9)

Triggers

89

(3)

Timing

92

(2)

Duration

94

(1)

Source of Control

95

(3)

Self

98

(7)

Identity

98

(1)

Autonomy

99

(2)

Spirituality

101

(3)

Past Experience

104

(1)

Self-Efficacy

104

(1)

Support

105

(2)

Types of Support

106

(1)

Strategies

107

(8)

Reframing

107

(1)

Selective Denial

108

(1)

Hope and Optimism

109

(6)

Relationship Transitions

115

(34)

Types of Transitions

117

(17)

Partnering Relationships

118

(1)

Divorce

119

(2)

Widowhood

121

(2)

Remarriage

123

(2)

Parenting Issues

125

(1)

Grandparenting Issues

126

(3)

Eldercare

129

(2)

Death of a Parent

131

(1)

Friendships

132

(2)

Recurring Issues

134

(6)

Intimacy

134

(2)

Belonging

136

(2)

Mattering

138

(2)

Assessing Resources: Looking at the 4 S's

140

(7)

Situations

140

(1)

Self

141

(1)

Support

142

(4)

Strategies

146

(1)

Summary

147

(2)

Work Transitions

149

(30)

Issues Related to Situation

150

(4)

Triggers

151

(1)

Timing and Concurrent Stress

152

(1)

Control/Source

153

(1)

Previous Experience with a Similar Transition

153

(1)

Summary

154

(1)

Issues Related to Self

154

(10)

Salience and Balance

154

(3)

Resilience or Adaptability

157

(3)

Self-Efficacy

160

(1)

Meaning-Making

161

(3)

Summary

164

(1)

Issues Related to Support

164

(2)

Issues Related to Strategies

166

(1)

Moving In, Through, Out, and Back (Again) into Work

166

(13)

Moving In

167

(1)

Moving Through

168

(1)

Moving Out

169

(2)

Moving In Again

171

(1)

Gender Differences

172

(3)

Summary

175

(4)

PART III WHAT CAN WE DO WITH WHAT WE KNOW AND HEAR?

Individual Counseling

179

(34)

Hackney and Cormier's Counseling Model

179

(5)

Relationship Building

180

(1)

Assessment

181

(1)

Goal Setting

182

(1)

Interventions

182

(1)

Termination and Follow-Up

183

(1)

The Transition Model and the Hackney-Cormier Model: An Integrative Approach

184

(12)

Assessment

185

(9)

Goal Setting

194

(2)

A Case Study

196

(15)

Interventions

197

(8)

Behavioral Interventions

205

(6)

Conclusion

211

(2)

Group Counseling

213

(38)

Group Counseling as a Modality

214

(11)

Curative Factors in Group Counseling

214

(4)

Cautions About Group Counseling

218

(2)

Types of Groups

220

(1)

Cultural Diversity

221

(2)

Characteristics of Effective Groups

223

(2)

Groups for People Facing Intrapersonal Transitions

225

(5)

Intrapersonal Transitions That May Bring Clients to Groups

225

(1)

Illustrative Groups and Techniques for Intrapersonal Transitions

225

(5)

Groups for People Facing Family--Relationship Transitions

230

(6)

Common Transitions Bringing Clients to Groups

230

(1)

Illustrative Programs and Techniques

231

(5)

Groups for People Facing Career-Related Decisions

236

(3)

Transitions That May Bring Clients to a Career-Related Group

236

(1)

Illustrative Career-Related Programs and Techniques

237

(2)

Using the 4 S Model with Groups

239

(6)

Situation

240

(1)

Self

240

(1)

Support

241

(2)

Strategies

243

(2)

Working with Self-Help Groups

245

(5)

Advantages and Limitations of Self-Help Groups

246

(1)

How Counselors Relate to Self-Help Groups

247

(2)

Types of Groups for People Experiencing Various Transitions

249

(1)

Self-Help Groups: A Summary

250

(1)

Summary

250

(1)

Consultation, Program Development, and Advocacy

251

(24)

Consulting with Organizations and Their Employees

252

(5)

A Case Study of the Transition Model in Action

255

(2)

Developing Programs and Workshops

257

(6)

Designing Programs

258

(1)

Designing and Presenting Workshops

259

(2)

A Sampling of Workshops

261

(2)

Working as Advocates

263

(9)

The Case of the Reluctant Gadfly

265

(1)

The Case of the Furious Job Counselor

266

(1)

Advocacy as Empowerment

267

(1)

Acting at the Local, State, and National Level

268

(4)

Summary

272

(3)

Afterword

275

(4)

Assumption 1: Practice Must Be Tied to Theory

275

(1)

Assumption 2: We Can Take the Mystery---If Not the Misery---Out of Change

276

(1)

Assumption 3: Counselors Can Follow the Theory-to-Practice Model by Organizing Their Thinking Around Three Questions

277

(2)

Appendix Helping Clients Deal with Non-Event Transitions

279

(16)

Step 1: Understand Non-Events

280

(5)

Exercise 1: Listen with a Third Ear

284

(1)

Step 2: Develop Specific Strategies for Clients to Use as They Cope with Non-Events

285

(6)

Exercise 2: Tell Your Story

286

(1)

Exercise 3: Sharing the Loss of a Dream with a Group

287

(2)

Exercise 4: Developing a Non-Event Ritual

289

(1)

Exercise 5: Your Dream Reshaping

290

(1)

Step 3: Lessons for Life Literacy

291

(2)

Exercise 6: Practice Lessons for Life Literacy

292

(1)

And in Conclusion

293

(2)

References

295

(26)

Index

321

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