ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the core assumptions of constructivism and examines how a constructivist perspective may impact career theory. The endemic influence of culture on the career counselling process is considered in relation to both the career counsellor and the client. The chapter provides career counsellors with an opportunity to examine the deconstruction and reconstruction of their own career counselling process. The adoption of a constructivist approach by career psychology requires the adaptation of its core assumptions. A constructivist approach to career theory and counselling clearly implies that the client would play a more significant role in the career counselling process than in a traditional approach. This suggests a practical implication of adopting this perspective in that the role of the career counsellor would change from that of an expert to that of a facilitator. Central to career theory and counselling has been the tenet that the individual makes the choices - the belief in individualism and autonomy.
