TITLE:
Exploring Narrative Ideas in Career Counseling
AUTHORS:
Andronikos Kaliris, Philia Issari
KEYWORDS:
Constructivist-Narrative, Constructionist, Postmodern, Career Counseling Interventions, Meaning-Making, Context, Autobiographical Career Narratives
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.2,
February
25,
2022
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.