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Article: Career counseling with clients who have a severe mental illness.(Effective Techniques)
- Article from:
- Career Development Quarterly
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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Individuals who are diagnosed with a serious mental illness encounter a variety of barriers that can impede their career development. In this article, the career barriers of clients who have a severe mental illness are reviewed, and a developmental approach to career counseling with this population is described. A case example is provided to illustrate the complex process of developmental career counseling with people who are seriously impaired by a psychiatric illness.
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People who have a severe mental illness continue to be stigmatized and neglected because of numerous myths about this population. For example, it is widely believed that ...