Applying career development theory to counseling, 6e chapter 11 and 12

NARRATIVE CAREER COUNSELING CLIENT AS STORYTELLER Client: Agent (author) (protagonist) Client’s environment: Setting Client’s experiences: Action Client’s abilities, friends, family or employers: Instruments Client’s changing mind about career paths: Wavering COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc THE CLIENT’S STORY Beginning The problem Middle End Description of obstacles Counselor and and instruments used client work to reach a goal together to reach client’s goal COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc GOALS OF ASSESSMENT IN NARRATIVE COUNSELING Identify a pattern of the individual’s life Form a sense of the client’s identity by listening to the client’s story Find out about the client’s goals for the future COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc LIFE DESIGNING Savickas’s (2011b) constructivist approach to career counseling has four phases that help the counselor construct the individual’s story: Construction – Use small stories (micronarratives) to help clients organize their views of themselves Deconstruct – The counselor listens to the problems within micronarratives including personal limitations and cultural barriers Reconstruct – The microstory is reconstructed so that positive outcomes build on client strengths and values Co-construction – A new narrative emerges- a macronarrative, a positive perspective on career choice, options and plans COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc with GOAL OF ASSESSMENT FOR CAREER COUNSELING: IDENTITY Object – The client is active in the story For the counselor, the client is the object of the story Subject – The client’s views of him-/herself are the subjects of the story Project - The counselor facilitates the process of telling the story and fitting it to the client’s identity COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc COCHRAN’S NARRATIVE CAREER COUNSELING EPISODES Making Meaning out of the Career Narrative Elaborating a career problem Composing a life history Founding a future narrative A Focus on Being Active Constructing a reality Changing a life structure Enacting a role Ending Crystallizing a decision COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc DIMENSIONS OF CAREER ADAPTABILITY Concern – Planning and preparing for the future Control – Taking control over one’s issues Curiosity – Questioning one’s choices Confidence – Being able to explore possibilities COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS OF CAREER ADAPTABILITY Growth Exploration Establishment Management (Maintenance in Super’s theory) Disengagement COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc LIFE THEMES Based on Adlerian Theory Lifestyle Early recollections Five major life tasks reflect social interest Self-development Spiritual development Occupation Society Love COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc CAREER STYLE INTERVIEW Three role models Magazines Favorite television show Hobbies Favorite sayings What were your favorite subjects in school COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc 10 CAREER COUNSELING USING THE CAREER CONSTRUCTION THEORY Reviewing counseling goals Attending to verbs Moving from preoccupation to occupation Role models as a suggestion for a plan Profiling adaptability Appraising vocational personality Crafting a success formula The life portrait COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc 11 Chapter 12 ROE’S THREE TYPES OF PARENTAL ATTITUDES AND TYPES OF PARENTING Concentration of the child Overprotective parent Overdemanding parent Avoidance of the child Emotionally rejecting parent Neglectful parent Acceptance of the child Casually accepting parent Lovingly accepting parent COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc 12 PATTERNS OF ATTACHMENT Secure – Child reacts well to caregiver and other people Anxious-Ambivalent – Child is anxious due to inconsistent parental behavior, child is uncertain about self and has limited exploration Avoidant – Child ignores or rejects care, develops a sense of being alone and a lack of trust COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc 13 ATTACHMENT THEORY AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT Do secure patterns of attachment promote career exploration? Do secure patterns of attachment promote a strong sense of vocational identity? COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc 14 PATTERN IDENTIFICATION EXERCISES Purpose: To identify strengths and weaknesses Discuss a leisure activity that went well Discuss a time the leisure activity did not go well Students: Assess their strengths and weaknesses Look for patterns of strengths and weaknesses Look for how patterns can affect career choices Parents: Comment on the student’s observations COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc 15 PARENT INVOLVED CAREER EXPLORATION COUNSELING Introduce process to student and parents Use Pattern Identification Exercises to identify strengths and weaknesses Discuss student’s preferred activities and courses as well as performance Discuss labor market and how to make a career choice Next steps: Counselor discusses community resources and makes suggestions as to what to next Parents comment throughout all steps COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc 16 FAMILY SYSTEMS THERAPY: IMPLICATIONS FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT Disengaged family – Family responsibilities controlled by one parent Enmeshed family – Family responsibilities are unclear Genograms Occupations of family members Relationship of occupations of others to career choices of client Occupational Transmission Genogram- questions about careers, gender, and race COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc 17 BLUSTEIN’S SEVEN PROPOSITIONS Thoughts and feelings about relationships influence thoughts and feelings about work (destructive or constructive) Thoughts and feelings about relationships influence how they deal with issues at work and plans for work Work and relationships occur in the workplace and in caregiving situations Decision making and actions at work can be affected by relationships with others The content of the decisions made at work are affected by relationships with others These and individual and cultural experiences affect occupational interests and values Through relationships with others individuals find meaning in work Cultural background is an influence also Culture can provide a sense of security and a feeling of belonging in relationships that aids work transitions COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc 18 [...]... 15 PARENT INVOLVED CAREER EXPLORATION COUNSELING 1 Introduce process to student and parents 2 Use Pattern Identification Exercises to identify strengths and weaknesses 3 Discuss student’s preferred activities and courses as well as performance 4 Discuss labor market and how to make a career choice 5 Next steps: Counselor discusses community resources and makes suggestions as to what to do next Parents... – Child is anxious due to inconsistent parental behavior, child is uncertain about self and has limited exploration Avoidant – Child ignores or rejects care, develops a sense of being alone and a lack of trust COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc 13 ATTACHMENT THEORY AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT Do secure patterns of attachment promote career exploration? Do.. .CAREER COUNSELING USING THE CAREER CONSTRUCTION THEORY Reviewing counseling goals Attending to verbs Moving from preoccupation to occupation Role models as a suggestion for a plan Profiling adaptability Appraising vocational personality Crafting a success formula The life portrait COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc 11 Chapter 12 ROE’S THREE... Inc 17 BLUSTEIN’S SEVEN PROPOSITIONS 1 Thoughts and feelings about relationships influence thoughts and feelings about work (destructive or constructive) 2 Thoughts and feelings about relationships influence how they deal with issues at work and plans for work 3 Work and relationships occur in the workplace and in caregiving situations 4 Decision making and actions at work can be affected by relationships... 16 FAMILY SYSTEMS THERAPY: IMPLICATIONS FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT Disengaged family – Family responsibilities controlled by one parent Enmeshed family – Family responsibilities are unclear Genograms Occupations of family members Relationship of occupations of others to career choices of client Occupational Transmission Genogram- questions about careers, gender, and race COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth... A division of Cengage Inc 14 PATTERN IDENTIFICATION EXERCISES Purpose: To identify strengths and weaknesses Discuss a leisure activity that went well Discuss a time the leisure activity did not go well Students: Assess their strengths and weaknesses Look for patterns of strengths and weaknesses Look for how patterns can affect career choices Parents: Comment on the student’s observations COPYRIGHT... ATTITUDES AND TYPES OF PARENTING Concentration of the child Overprotective parent Overdemanding parent Avoidance of the child Emotionally rejecting parent Neglectful parent Acceptance of the child Casually accepting parent Lovingly accepting parent COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc 12 PATTERNS OF ATTACHMENT Secure – Child reacts well to caregiver and other... content of the decisions made at work are affected by relationships with others These and individual and cultural experiences affect occupational interests and values 6 Through relationships with others individuals find meaning in work Cultural background is an influence also 7 Culture can provide a sense of security and a feeling of belonging in relationships that aids work transitions COPYRIGHT © 2014 ...THE CLIENT’S STORY Beginning The problem Middle End Description of obstacles Counselor and and instruments used client work to reach a goal together to reach client’s goal COPYRIGHT... alone and a lack of trust COPYRIGHT © 2014 Brooks/Cole*Wadsworth Publishing Company A division of Cengage Inc 13 ATTACHMENT THEORY AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT Do secure patterns of attachment promote career. .. INVOLVED CAREER EXPLORATION COUNSELING Introduce process to student and parents Use Pattern Identification Exercises to identify strengths and weaknesses Discuss student’s preferred activities and