Leisure Counseling and Consultation

Leisure Counseling: Minorities and Unemployment in the United States

“…The literature reveals that a variety of models exist depicting the leisure counseling process (Magulski et al, 1977;Overs et al, 1977;Hayes, 1977;Edwards and Bloland, 1980;Tinsley and Tinsley, 1982). According to Tinsley and Tinsley (1982), the plethora of leisure counseling approaches can be grouped into two categorizations with one being more holistic than the other.The first consist of information-giving strategies helping clients select activities, while the other focuses on trying to understand client needs while programming to fulfil these needs.…”

Integrating Leisure Guidance into a Career Counseling Center

“…While there are a number of models available to the leisure counselor (Dowd, 1984;Edwards, 1980b;Edwards, 1984;Edwards & Bloland, 1980;Loesch & Wheeler, 1982;McDowell, 1976;Overs, Taylor, & Adkins, 1977), there are few that attempt to synthesize work and leisure in a single integrated model. One such approach, essentially a guidance model developed by the authors (Bloland & Edwards, 1981), consists of four principal steps: (a) Step 1: Identify client needs, (b) Step 2: Identify activities to meet needs, (c) Step 3: Differentiate work and leisure activities, and (d) Step 4: Facilitate client participation in selected activities.…”

Leisure and Career Development: For College Students

“…Now we are saying that the incorporation of leisure counseling and consultation (Edwards & Bloland, 1980) into the programs of campus career planning services may well be an essential next step in the improvement of these services. Rimmer and Kahnweiler (1981), in a study of undergraduate college students, found that they tended to view education, the future, work, leisure, and the self as interrelated, a finding which lends support to the notion of integrating leisure awareness into career planning.…”