Mapping Career Counseling Interventions: A Guide for Career Practitioners

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
	0.1. Career Decision-Making Difficulties
	0.2. Interventions
	0.3. Approach
	0.4. Using the Map
	In Summary
1. LACK OF MOTIVATION
	1.1. Clarifying the Goal
	1.2. Reinforcing the Goal’s Importance
	1.3. Increasing the Goal’s Priority
	1.4. Increasing Self-Confidence
	1.5. Increasing Confidence in the Environment
	1.6. Clarifying Emotions
	1.7. Fighting Procrastination
	In Summary
	Notes
2. INDECISIVENESS
	2.1. Reviewing Pessimistic Views
	2.2. Fostering Self-Esteem
	2.3. Reviewing the Fear of Making a “Bad Decision”
	2.4. Facing Uncertainty
	2.5. Decreasing Career Decision-Making Anxiety
	2.6. Handling General Anxiety
	2.7. Considering Relational Factors
	In Summary
	Notes
3. DYSFUNCTIONAL BELIEFS
	3.1. Downplaying the Criticality of the Decision
	3.2. Downplaying the Centrality of Work
	3.3. Reassigning the Roles of Luck and Fate
	3.4. Reframing Professional Help
	3.5. Specifying the Role of Tests and Questionnaires
	3.6. Giving Back Their Rightful Place to Significant Others
	3.7. Questioning Career Stereotypes
	In Summary
4. LACK OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAREER DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
	4.1. Stages of Career Development
	4.2. Stages of the Career Decision-Making Process
	4.3. Components of the Choice
	4.4. Combining Information
	4.5. Exploration and Engagement
	4.6. The Role of Reason and Emotions
	4.7. Synthesizing with a Metaphor
	In Summary
	Note
5. LACK OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE SELF
	5.1. Vocational Interests
	5.2. Personality
	5.3. Skills
	5.4. Values
	5.5. Character Strengths
	5.6. Meaning
	5.7. Life Story
	In Summary
	Notes
6. LACK OF INFORMATION ABOUT CAREER OPTIONS
	6.1. Identifying Information Gaps and Unrealistic Views
	6.2. Giving Information
	6.3. Sources of Information
	6.4. Critical and Objective Assessment of Information
	6.5. Existing Careers and Their Characteristics
	6.6. Occupations of the Future
	6.7. Educational Systems
	In Summary
	Notes
7. INTERNAL CONFLICTS
	7.1. Simultaneous Attraction to Multiple Options
	7.2. Compromise between Dream and Reality
	7.3. Compromise with Regard to Leisure
	7.4. Ambivalence Regarding Career Changes
	7.5. Ambivalence Regarding the Development of a Back-up Plan
	7.6. Ambivalence between Several Options
	7.7. Exploring the Sides of Ambivalence
	In Summary
8. EXTERNAL CONFLICTS
	8.1. Revealing Sources of Influence
	8.2. Identifying Family Influences
	8.3. Eliciting Family Expectations
	8.4. Reconciling the Spheres of Life
	8.5. Addressing Structural Constraints
	8.6. Addressing Cultural Differences
	8.7. Teaching Assertiveness
	In Summary
9. LACK OF EMPLOYABILITY
	9.1. Pursuing “Happiness”
	9.2. Acknowledging the Cycles of Change
	9.3. Overcoming Transitions
	9.4. Planning for the Unexpected
	9.5. Handling Failure
	9.6. Solving Problems
	9.7. Adopting a Spirit of Adventure
	In Summary
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
APPENDIX A: THE CAREER DIFFICULTIES INVENTORY
APPENDIX B: THE CAREER DIFFICULTIES INVENTORY–CARDS
REFERENCES
INDEX