Coupling and Careers: A Workshop for Dual Career Couples at the Launching Stage

Abstract

The authors describe a short‐term workshop designed to assist young dual career couples in developing effective personal and couple‐based lifestyle coping strategies.

Job Change: A Practitioner's View

“…Job hunt support groups (Azrin & Besalel, 1980) might be offered for job changers who are ready to focus on specific job targets and who primarily need employability skills and networking assistance. Althrough the effectiveness of group approaches for dealing with job change and other life transitions has been well documented (Amatea & Cross, 1983;Brown, 1981;Cochran, 1984;Drum & Knott, 1977), a word of caution is needed here. Many adults contemplating a job change are fearful that their current employers will discover that fact.…”

Dual‐Career Families: Terminology, Typologies, and Work and Family Issues

“…For example, counseling interventions have been suggested for use with troubled dual-earner families (Boswell, 1981;Gaddy, Glass, & Arnkoff, 1983;Gray, 1980;Hopkins & White, 1978). Counseling programs (Amatea & Cross, 1983;Presser & Baum, 1979) and educational books (Hall & Hall, 1979;Shaevitz & Shaevitz, 1980) for helping dual-career couples are also available. These efforts reflect the unique challenges dual-career families face both in the world of work and with family.…”