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The connection between career development and mental health has long been established within research as mutually impactful. Given this reality, there are significant implications for counselors working in various settings. Important societal movements focused on increasing access and equity for those with intersectional identities of ethnicity, race, gender, sexual identity, and ableism are rooted in the transformational power of career and work. This speaks to the centrality of career development in the human experience. The recent events of the pandemic have magnified awareness of the impact of struggles with career and work on overall well-being. Given these considerations, counselors are tasked with providing comprehensive and holistic support that addresses co-occurring career and mental health concerns. Integrating Career Development and Mental Health Counseling focuses on counseling-centered approaches that integrate dimensions of career and mental health. Whether providing counseling in a community agency, K-12 school, private practice, college/university, or other institution, having the capability to address career concerns is essential to comprehensive counseling support. Relevant dimensions of career theory, research, and practice are included. Theoretically and empirically supported interventions that address co-occurring career and mental health concerns are also provided.
List of contents
Relevance of career development in counseling
Career development and mental health
Integrated assessment
Integrated career and mental health frameworks
Traditionally marginalized populations and career development
Integrated service delivery and scope of practice
Ethical dimensions of career and mental health support
Case studies
Future directions of integrated career and mental health counseling
About the author
Dr. Seth C.W. Hayden is an associate professor of counseling, coordinator of the clinical mental health program, and associate director of online counseling programs at Wake Forest University. His research focuses on the connection between career development and mental health. In addition, he examines the career and personal development needs of military service members, veterans, and their families.
He is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in North Carolina, a nationally certified counselor, a certified clinical mental health counselor, and an approved clinical supervisor. He has experience providing counseling in community agencies, non-profit, K-12, and higher education settings.
He is a past president of the Military and Government Counseling Association and National Career Development Association, both divisions of the American Counseling Association. He is a co-author of Group Career Counseling: Practices and Principles (2nd ed.) and Career Development for Transitioning Veterans and co-editor of Cognitive Information Processing: Career Theory, Research, and Practice.
Dr. Hayden received bachelor’s degrees in psychology and education from the University of Memphis. He also obtained his master’s degree in counseling from the University of Memphis and his doctorate in counselor education from the University of Virginia. He is also a senior research associate at the Florida State University Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development.
