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Title: Counselors' Perspectives on Using the Career Style Interview with Clients (Report)
Author : Career Development Quarterly
Release Date : January 01, 2011
Genre: Business & Personal Finance,Books,
Pages : * pages
Size : 152 KB

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The authors investigated counselors' perspectives on using the Career Style Interview (CSI) with clients who had career concerns. Participants were a purposive sample of 34 counselors who had been trained in and who had used the CSI with clients. The findings indicated that the counselors viewed the CSI as a helpful and positive career counseling intervention. It was most effective at identifying clients" life themes and assisted them with making meaningful career decisions. Implications of these findings for career counseling practice and research are also discussed. The growth and acceptance of constructivist and narrative approaches to career counseling have fostered the development of qualitative career assessments and interventions (Chope, 2008). These new qualitative instruments, although similar in some ways to the structured interviews of historical vocational guidance (Parsons, 1909/2005), seek to measure something different. Current qualitative instruments have been designed to be consistent with narrative or constructivist theory and seek to aid the career counselor in giving voice to a client's story to clarify' or modify it (Bingham, 2001; Goldman, 1990; McMahon & Watson, 2008; Reid, 2005; Savickas, 1989; Singer, 2004). This often means helping individuals draw from their past and present experiences to provide direction for their lives and careers in the near and distant future (Savickas, 2005). These qualitative assessments, unlike traditional quantitative assessments during which the counselor often is a distant expert observer, seek to place the counselor subjectively within the context of the individual's lived experience (McMahon, Patton, & Watson, 2003). Young and Collin (2004) suggested that the narrative reality of one's life is coconstructed with the therapist as the person's stories are expressed, explored, and clarified in session. Although these approaches are theoretically sound, Bernes, Bardick, and Orr (2007) indicated that research is needed to explore the challenges and benefits of these qualitative instruments for both the client and the counselor.