An Interview With Sunny Hansen: Pioneer and Innovator in Counseling and Career Development

• Published in: Journal of counseling and development Vol. 85; no. 2; pp. 216 - 226
• Main Authors: Skovholt, Thomas S., Hage, Sally M., Kachgal, Mera M., Gama, Elizabeth Pinheiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 22.03.2007; American Counseling Association; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Academic guidance counseling; Awards & honors; Career counseling; Career Development; Career development planning; Career Education; Careers; Change agents; Children & youth; Counseling; Counselor Training; Education; Educators; Families & family life; Gender; Hansen, Sunny; Holistic Approach; Interviews; Journalism; Learning; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Pioneers; School counseling; Secondary schools; Student Projects; Students; Teaching; Vocational counselling; United States
• ISSN: 0748-9633; 1556-6676
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00466.x

During her 45‐year career, Sunny Hansen was a pioneer and innovator in counseling and career development. She has lived the holistic life about which she writes and teaches. In this interview, she discussed the major influences on her life, the evolution of her professional career from English and journalism teacher to counselor and counselor educator, and her teaching and scholarship. She also shared her insights on balancing life roles, holistic life planning, and the counselor as a change agent.