Exploring Narrative Ideas in Career Counseling

Abstract

Today, grounded on the turbulent conditions of the social and work environment as well as the unstable life and career paths individuals are going through (Guichard, 2015;Savickas, 2015), incorporating constructivist-narrative methods and techniques in career counseling seems essential, at least in some client cases. Narrative approaches could support the identification of an individual's meaning-making process and have the capacity to face clients holistically with respect to career development issues. The aim of this article is to provide a brief review of several influential narrative approaches in career counseling that emerged in the last two decades. A second goal of this work is to highlight fundamental strengths of narrative career counseling approaches, showcasing their benefits in counseling practice, especially in promoting the construction of a robust and solid autobiographical career narrative.

Narrative potential and career counseling under quantity, quality, and mixed interventions: An emphasis on university students

“…Narrative career counseling interventions may support youth in dealing effectively with career-related challenges as they value multiple subjective reality interpretations embedded in their narratives regarding rapid transitions (Kaliris & Kriwas, 2014). Furthermore, these approaches help towards broadening individuals' perspective instead of limiting it, by connecting their traits with those of the work environment, which is just one example.…”

“…Parsons’ trait-and-factor approach, Holland's typology) of the past are still dominant in the career guidance and counseling field (McMahon, 2018). However, career development no longer occurs in a stable and linear world of work; rather, the notion of career may be defined by the metaphor of an “unpredictable journey,” including several highways and byways (Kaliris & Issari, 2022). Today career may be viewed by individuals in a subjective manner as a lifelong series of consecutive work and life experiences, and not constrained only within the career choice dimension.…”

Entrepreneurship as a Career Option within Education: A Critical Review of Psychological Constructs

“…To date and to the best our knowledge, there is a lack of constructivist and social constructionist career theories to explain career decisions for entrepreneurship. Theories like the Storied Approach in Career Counseling [23], Life Design [24], Systems Theory Framework of Career Development [86], and Chaos Theory of Careers [26] have been found to inform effective interventions in helping individuals generate meaning in careers and manage work-and life-related transitions [19,87]. This sort of theory is more aligned with the era of uncertainty and non-linear careers and have the power to assess subjective or phenomenological dimensions of individuals, including lived experiences which may affect career development [21].…”

Αξιοποιώντας Την Αφηγηματική Συμβουλευτική Σταδιοδρομίας Για Την Ενίσχυση Της Βιώσιμης Επαγγελματικής Ανάπτυξης Στην Τριτοβάθμια Εκπαίδευση

“…Οι εν λόγω προσεγγίσεις ακολούθησαν την αφηγηματική στροφή στον ευρύτερο χώρο της συμβουλευτικής ψυχολογίας (Issari & Karayianni, 2013), η οποία αντανακλά τη στροφή από τη συλλογή πληροφοριών για τους ωφελούμενους στη δημιουργία εμπειριών μέσω των ιστοριών τους. Η αφήγηση βρίσκεται στον πυρήνα των θεωριών της αφηγηματικής συμβουλευτικής παρέχοντας στα άτομα τη δυνατότητα να παρουσιάζουν την ιστορία της ζωής τους στο σύνολό της (Kaliris & Issari, 2022). Σύμφωνα με τις προσεγγίσεις αυτές η επαγγελματική πορεία των ατόμων είναι αποτέλεσμα της «κατασκευής» που αυτά κάνουν, ανάλογα με το πώς νοηματοδοτούν την πραγματικότητα που τα περιβάλλει.…”