ABSTRACT

Due to the increasing demand for career guidance in recent years, career counsellors have been challenged to modernise their practice. As a response to the rapidly changing world of work, with more diverse client groups and more complex and challenging issues facing career counsellors, the field has moved strongly towards the greater adoption of constructivist approaches. The 2nd edition of this ground breaking book is a forward-looking guide, giving further insight into the constructivist approach for the 21st century by:

  • providing a theoretical background to constructivism;
  • alerting readers to a range of cultural considerations related to constructivist career counselling;
  • outlining a range of constructivist approaches to career counselling;
  • providing examples of practical applications of the constructivist approaches presented in the book; and
  • assisting career counsellor educators, practitioners and students understand and implement constructivist approaches into their work.

With contributions from an internationally recognised panel of authors from ten different countries, Career Counselling: Constructivist Approaches treats career as a holistic concept in which work and personal life are inseparably intertwined, and individuals as experts in their own lives and in actively constructing their careers. Structured into four logical sections, this 2nd edition attests to the ongoing influence of constructivism internationally and the continued development and refinement of constructivist approaches to career counselling.

Career Counselling: Constructivist Approaches is essential reading for career counsellor educators, practitioners, researchers and students who want a refreshing insight into constructivist career counselling.

part I|38 pages

Constructivism – an overview

chapter 1|14 pages

Constructivism

What does it mean for career counselling?

chapter 2|12 pages

Working with storytellers

A metaphor for career counselling

chapter 3|11 pages

Usefulness and truthfulness

Reviewing the limitations and promoting the benefits of constructivist approaches for career counselling

part 2|50 pages

Constructivism, culture and career counselling

chapter 4|11 pages

Career constructivism and culture

Deconstructing and reconstructing career counselling

chapter 5|11 pages

Constructivist approaches to career counselling

A culture-infused perspective

chapter 7|12 pages

Contexts and circumstances

The cultural preparation process approach to career development

part 3|142 pages

Constructivist approaches to career counselling

chapter 8|11 pages

The storied approach

chapter 10|14 pages

The systems theory framework

A conceptual and practical map for story telling in career counselling

chapter 11|12 pages

Solution-focused career counselling

chapter 12|14 pages

SocioDynamic career counselling

Constructivist practice of wisdom

chapter 13|11 pages

Dialogical self

Co-investigator in career self-research

chapter 17|14 pages

Chaos and constructivism

Counselling for career development in a complex and changing world

part 4|40 pages

Constructivist career assessment

chapter 20|15 pages

Qualitative career assessment

chapter 21|10 pages

Card sorts

A constructivist approach to career exploration

chapter 22|10 pages

Bridging quantitative and qualitative career assessment

The Integrative Structured Interview process

chapter 23|4 pages

The rise of constructivist career counselling

A reflection