In writing this review, we asked ourselves what novel cut of the 1989 career literature we might make. Several earlier reviews were cleverly organized using the structure inherent in the research and theoretical literature published during the review period (Fitzgerald & Rounds, 1989;Savickas, 1989a). Other reviews selected articles for inclusion based on methodological rigor, author preference, or preponderance in number. We believed that it was possible to organize a selective review based upon counselor practice and to highlight any discrepancies between what counselors actually do and the topical coverage in the career literature.Thus, our organization reflects our belief that an analysis of counselor practices would produce a different representation of the state of our field than would the standard literary analysis. The title also underscores Myers's (1986) assertion that advances in career counseling sometimes proceed from the practitioner to the researcher or Arnold R.