A socioconstructivist method is used to investigate the professional identity dynamic of employees in the context of career counselling. This method is particularly well-suited because of the intrication, at the core of the client's identity, of psychological dimensions, such as values and capabilities, which are essential to career counselling.…

This retrospective chart review study examined the factor structure of the "Career Futures Inventory-Revised" (CFI-R; Rottinghaus et al. in "J Career Assess" 20:123-139, 2012) and its utility as a career counseling outcome measure using a sample of 332 clients from a university career center. The CFI-R examines career agency…

Advocacy with and on behalf of clients is a major way in which counselors fulfill their core professional value of promoting social justice. Career counselors have a unique vantage point regarding social justice due to the economic and social nature of work and can offer useful insights. Q methodology is a mixed methodology that was used to…

This study was designed to assess the relationship of the relational and technical skills of the career counselor to five different career counseling outcomes (Client Satisfaction, Placement Skills, Self-Awareness, Psychological Mobilization, and Environmental Knowledge). Two hundred fifty-three university students participated in a study designed…

Grad school or Europe for a year? A highly motivated, fourth-year liberal arts student makes her decision but still has doubts. What roles do emotion and a client's personal history play in career counselling? The case study utilizes experiential process to uncover decision-making roadblocks.

This study analyzes the role of the working alliance on the life satisfaction and career decision difficulties of clients participating in career counseling in Switzerland. The study also compares these career counseling clients to a group of students who did not seek counseling, to explore the overall effectiveness of a face-to-face career…

There are three steps to challenging troublesome career beliefs: identifying the troublesome belief; considering alternative ways to viewing the underlying problem; and taking action incompatible with the troublesome belief. Each of these steps includes techniques which empower clients by providing them with information or enabling them to make…

Presents interview of C. H. Patterson who discusses career counseling as it can be accomplished within the client-centered approach. Notes the importance of core conditions, the relationship of career counseling to therapy, the difficulty of counselor or therapist role change, the use of interpretation of tests, and the role of the client in the…

Presents case study of a 25-year-old male who needed to make a career decision and sought the assistance of a career counselor. Describes client's career history, his family environment, occupational aspirations, and relationships which are important to his career plans. (Author/ABL)

Presents a plan for counseling services for the client described in previous article (Johnson, 1990). Discusses these components of the career counseling plan: assessment; personal counseling; information and exploration; and goal setting. Claims client must be alert to client's tendency to rely on others for career decisions. (ABL)

Presents a plan for counseling services for the client described in previous article (Johnson, 1990). Discusses client's counseling needs and presents a plan which includes assessing career interests and self-efficacy. Recommends client examine his value system. Concludes client's issues are more complicated than whether or not to accept a…

Undergraduates (n=208) with at least an eight-point difference between the first and second letters of their Holland type code completed the Self-Directed Search and Vocational Counseling Preference Inventory. Significant preference differences appeared among personality types in terms of counseling framework, career aspirations, and decision…

Reviews trends in career counseling with lesbian and gay clients. Presents role of career development with lesbian and gay clients based on information regarding employment discrimination, decision to pass as heterosexual on job, counselor and student training issues, age-related factors, and differences between gay men and lesbian women with…

Presents fourth in series of articles about difficult counseling problems for career counselors. Focuses on young adults in career transition, underscoring their needs for self-understanding. Considers underlying causes of floundering behavior and reasons that propel clients to retreat to career and psychological moratorium. Notes resource for…

Presents description of one rehabilitation counseling client, examining her past experience and future goals. Information provided by the client in counseling sessions is discussed and plans for improving her situation are suggested. (NB)