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Using Life Design With Vulnerable Youth
Author(s) -
SetlhareMeltor Rubina,
Wood Lesley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/cdq.12041
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , narrative , psychology , narrative therapy , quality of life (healthcare) , process (computing) , career counseling , narrative inquiry , applied psychology , public relations , political science , psychotherapist , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , law , operating system
Career counseling processes normed for Western contexts may not fully address the needs of vulnerable youth in disadvantaged, non‐Western contexts. Therefore, this study examined the utility of a narrative career counseling process within the life‐design paradigm for assisting a former street child to successfully shape his future career narrative. Report of a case study suggested that the life‐design process assisted the client in designing a future career narrative that would enhance his quality of life. Although the study is based on 1 particular case, the findings may have significance for improving career counseling for vulnerable individuals.