Full Description
Both accessible and comprehensive, Narrative Career Counselling bridges the gap between theory and practice to allow a full understanding of the topic and allow confident implementation within professional settings.
This new edition offers updated chapters showcasing an increased focus on diverse contexts and cultures. It brings together 33 high-profile international experts from 10 countries to share perspectives on theory and provide practical ideas about how to implement narrative career counselling. Fully updated to reflect changes in the field, including the growth of narrative counselling, it:
provides a foundation for narrative career counselling by considering its philosophical and theoretical background;
presents a range of approaches that demonstrate the integration of theory and practice;
studies the application of narrative career counselling in a range of cultures and contexts; and
provides examples of practical application.
This resource is essential reading for anyone who wants to learn more about narrative career counselling including beginners to the field, experienced researchers, career counsellor educators, career counsellors, and practitioners and students studying in this field.
Contents
Part I: Narrative Career Counselling: Background
1. Narrative Career Counselling: Foundations2. The Narrative Lens in the Therapeutic Context: An Overview of Narrative Therapy3. Working with Storytellers: A Metaphor for Narrative Career Counselling4. A Critique of Narrative Career Counselling
Part II: Approaches to Narrative Career Counselling 5. The Storied Approach
6. A Story Telling Approach to Narrative Career Counselling: Application of the Systems Theory Framework of Career Development
7. SocioDynamic Career Counselling8. Dialogical Self: Co-Investigator in Career Self-Research
9. The Practice and Theory of Career Construction10. Career Counselling as and About Goal-Directed Human Action 11. Careering Through a Complex and Changing World with the Chaos Theory of Careers 12. Creativity and Narrative Career Counselling
13. Qualitative Career Assessment: Complementing Narrative Career CounsellingPart III: Narrative Career Counselling in Cultures and Contexts
14. Career Constructivism and Culture: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Career Counselling Through a Narrative Paradigm
15. Culture-Infused Career Counselling: Exploring Narratives for Context and Social Justice
16. Contexts and Circumstances: The Cultural Preparedness Approach to Career Development
17. Implementing a Qualitative (Narrative) Approach in Cross-Cultural Career Counselling And Life Designing
18. Narrative Career Counselling in Secondary Schools: Using Creative Processes and Technological Tools19. Narrative Career Counselling: Online20. Narrative Career Counselling with People Experiencing Disadvantage in South American Contexts
21. Narrative Career Counselling for Chinese Clients in Hong Kong: Cultural Inclusiveness and Practice Development
22. Narrative Career Counselling and People with Refugee Backgrounds
23. Affirmative Narrative Career Counselling with LGB and TGD Persons
24. A Narrative Approach to Career Assessment with People with Vulnerabilities for an Inclusive and Sustainable Life DesignPart IV: Epilogue 25. Narrative Career Counselling: A Reflection and Territories to be Explored
