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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.
List of contents
Part I: Narrative Career Counselling: Background 1. Narrative Career Counselling: Foundations
2. The Narrative Lens in the Therapeutic Context: An Overview of Narrative Therapy
3. Working with Storytellers: A Metaphor for Narrative Career Counselling
4. 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 Counselling
8. Dialogical Self: Co-Investigator in Career Self-Research
9. The Practice and Theory of Career Construction
10. 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 Counselling
Part 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 Tools
19. Narrative Career Counselling: Online
20. 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 Design
Part IV: Epilogue 25. Narrative Career Counselling: A Reflection and Territories to be Explored
About the author
Mary McMahon is an Honorary Associate Professor at the School of Education, The University of Queensland, Australia.
Peyman Abkhezr is a Lecturer at the School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Australia.
Summary
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.
