This annual review of the career counseling and development literature presents a content analysis of refereed journal articles published in 2013. Four research questions guided the analysis: (a) What content topics were included in career development articles published in refereed journals in 2013? (b) To what extent are theory, research, and practice integrated in career development articles published in refereed journals in 2013? (c) What variation exists in the characteristics of career development articles published in refereed journals in 2013? and (d) What variation exists in the content included in theory, research, and practice articles? A total of 360 unique topics were identified in 357 articles from 24 journals. Results indicated that topic content in journals evolved slowly with limited integration of theory, research, and practice. Implications are suggested for (a) future topic content; (b) better integration of theory, research, and practice; (c) education and training; (d) journal editorial policy; and (e) future content analyses of journal articles.

This article presents a study with the purpose to determine preliminary findings regarding the effect of a study abroad experience on vocational identity and career decision-making as defined by Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) theory (Sampson et al., 2004).

Self-help career services represent an important form of career intervention rarely described in the literature. Using a case-report approach, the author describes this type of career intervention, which was guided by cognitive information processing theory and Holland's (1997) typological theory. The report offers an example of appropriately identifying client readiness to engage in career counseling using a 3-tier model for service delivery composed of direct, brief, and self-help interventions. It also demonstrates an effective method for translating theory to practice, a particularly critical need in the career development field. The outcome of the intervention supports a differentiated model of career services that increases client accessibility to those services.

This study explored the prevalence of stressors and their impact on distress for international students who did not seek help, those who sought either informal or professional help, and those who accessed both informal and professional help. Results indicated that international students underutilize professional support services when faced with serious stressors, such as assaults, and often do not seek help from any source for those stressors contributing most to their overall distress. Those endorsing higher levels of belonging, sense of coherence, mindfulness, academic and social integration and their sense of connection to their university tend to turn to informal sources of support, while those with lower levels tend to turn to professional supports. Implications for prevention, outreach, and clinical practice are discussed.

Career concerns are often mentioned by clients seeking not only career counselling, but also mental health counselling. Typically, these career concerns fall into 2 main categories: career decision making and job-search needs. Technology, in the form of websites, social media, and applications, has expanded the resources available to today';s counsellors. We explored multiple technological tools that might accompany each step of the career decision-making process, organized through the lens of cognitive information processing theory, as well as the job-search process. Regardless of the professional identity or primary focus of counselling services provided by the counsellor, having knowledge of careercounselling websites, tools and strategies such as those presented in this paper will ensure that clients are equipped with the tools necessary to address their career concerns.