Narrative career counselling: Theory and exemplars of practice

By Peter Mcilveen, W. Patton. 2007

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This paper provides an overview of narrative career counselling, which is presented as a predominant variant of constructivism. Constructivist theories have relatively recently emerged as a significant force within vocational psychology and the practice of career counselling. The systems theory framework and the theory of career construction are introduced as theoretical frameworks amendable to constructivism and narrative career counselling. Although a stable definition of narrative career counselling cannot be presented at this stage in its theoretical and technical evolution, core theoretical tenets of this new approach to counselling are presented. Exemplars of the practice are described to provide an introductory account of the process of narrative career counselling. Some of the limitations of the approach are described along with a recommendation for the development of theory and research that adequately address counselling outcome and process.

Subfields: Education, Safety Research, Social Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

Autoethnography as a Method for Reflexive Research and Practice in Vocational Psychology (2008, background): “The narrative approach treats the client’s story as being integral to the very process and outcome of assessment and intervention, however explanatory theory and research studies for this approach are, as yet, limited (McIlveen & Patton, 2007b).”
Career identity and the complex mediating relationships between career preparatory actions and career progress markers (2015, background): “According to this framework, this process facilitates individual career decision-making, promotes engagement in career-related actions, and, ultimately, leads to constructing meaningful careers (McIlveen & Patton, 2007; Savickas, 2011).”
Counseling for Work and RelationshipΨ (2012, background): “The relevance of narrative theory to vocational psychology is not new (Brott, 2001; Cochran, 1997; Cochran & Laub, 1994; Jepson, 1993; McIlveen & Patton, 2007a, 2007b; Savickas, 2005).”