IDEA RESOURCES for SocioDynamic Counselling

• Current and New Publications
• Career Clearinghouse Catalogue
• SocioDynamic Counselling - a Constructivist Perspective, by Vance Peavy
• Quotations Peavy Brochure
• Published Documentation
• Unpublished Papers
• Source Books for Ideas
• Metaphors for Counselling
• Vance Peavy Newsletters (2001)
• Archived Resources

Current and New Publications in Canada and Abroad

• Collected Works in English: Published Journal and Newsletter Articles (1968-2003)

  Compiled by Ishu Ishiyama, Ph.d. in 2007)

  Now Available online. Download these articles for free. Please note the entire document is 378 pages. Click here

• Sociodynamic Counselling: A Constructivist Perspective is now available online for a free download. Click here for the downloadable PDF.
• SocioDynamic Counselling: A Practical Approach to Meaning Making (2004) (Counseling Sociodynamique: Une approche pratique de la construction de sens) NOW AVAILABLE in French. Contact Septembre Éditeur Inc. Telephone 1-800-361-7755 or Fax 1-418-652-0986.
• SocioDynamic Counselling: A Practical Approach to Meaning Making (2004) (Orientación SocioDinámica:Un enfoque práctico a la creación de significado) now available in Spanish. To download a copy click here.
• SocioDynamic Counselling: A Practical Approach to Meaning Making (2004).

Available for purchase from:

• The Canadian Career Development Foundation. Order form.
• The Taos Institute

• SocioDynamic Counselling. A Constructivist Perspective for the Practice of Counselling in the 21st Century (1997, Revised 1999). Available from
  • Visit Trafford Publishing (www.trafford.com) to order online or if you'd rather place an order by talking to one of their cheerful order desk clerks, please call 1-888-232-4444 (USA and Canada only) or 250-383-6864. From Europe, ring our UK order desk clerk at local rate number 0845 230 9601 (UK only) or 44 (0)1865 722 113.
  • The Canadian Career Development Foundation. Order form.
• SocioDynamic Counselling. A Practical Approach to Meaning Making was published just before Christmas in Denmark by Studie og Ehrverv a.s. and the response has so far been good. Please go to the website below for further information: http://www.se.dk/vejledning_start.htm


• Denise Larsen's scholarly biography of Dr. Vance Peavy has been translated and published in Finland in the Annual Journal of Counselling - Finish Ministry of Labour. (Ammatillisen ohjauksen vuosikirja Arsbook for yrkesinriktad vagledning, pp.103-116). CLICK HERE for more information.


• Sociodynamic Counselling. A Practical approach to Meaning Making will also be translated and published in Finland. Translation by Petri Auvinen. Publisher: Psykologien Kustannus Oy.


• SocioDynamic counselling introduced in a new book on constructivist career counselling. The book reference is: M.McMahon & W.Patton (Eds.). (2006). Career counselling: Constructivist approaches. London: Routledge. The SocioDynamic approach to career counselling is introduced by Ph.D. Timo Spangar from Finland. Timo worked together with Dr. Peavy for more than a decade developing new career counselling ideas for the counselling practice internationally as well as for Finnish counselling institutions and counsellors in various fields of practice. CLICK HERE for more information.

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Career Clearinghouse Catalogue

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