Leisure and Career Development: For Adults

A leisure counseling model for addicted persons

“…Hesser (1984), in particular, identified three major functions of leisure: compensatory, supplementary, and complementary.…”

“…Recognizing that leisure fulfills a variety of needs and serves many functions, several authors have expounded on the functions and roles of leisure in the lives of individuals (Bloland, 1984(Bloland, , 1987Dowd, 1981;Hayes, 1984;Hesser, 1984). Hesser (1984), in particular, identified three major functions of leisure: compensatory, supplementary, and complementary.…”

Integrating Leisure Guidance into a Career Counseling Center

“…Youthful excitement seekers may desire less rigorous activities once they become responsible for a family's welfare. As one's job becomes less significant as a primary source of personal satisfaction, people may find they can meet their psychological needs through a combination of occupational and leisure activities (Bloland & Edwards, 1981;Hesser, 1984). By &dquo;needs&dquo; is meant those internal psychological deficiencies that must be gratified if a person is to have a sense of well-being.…”

The Life-Long Leisure Graph: A Tool for Leisure Counseling

“…Several models for understanding leisure and approaches to leisure counseling have been developed (Hesser, 1984;Neulinger, 1981;Peevy, 1984;Super, 1980). However, the Bloland and Edwards' (1981) model provided a synthesis of career and leisure counseling that incorporates many components of the other models and approaches.…”