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Extending the Narrative Process: Guided Imagery in Career Construction Counseling
Author(s) -
Stoltz Kevin B.,
Apodaca Marty,
Mazahreh Laith G.
Publication year - 2018
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.12147
Subject(s) - career counseling , narrative , nomothetic and idiographic , psychology , career development , vignette , cognitive information processing , identity (music) , applied psychology , guided imagery , intervention (counseling) , meaning (existential) , medical education , pedagogy , social psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , aesthetics , linguistics , philosophy , anxiety , psychiatry
Guided imagery and its use are fairly well documented in the career literature. With the rise of idiographic approaches to career counseling, there is opportunity to reinvigorate and advance the use of guided imagery in career intervention. Toward this aim, the authors present the use of career narrative‐generated guided imagery (CGI) in career construction counseling. After reviewing the use of guided imagery in career counseling generally, the authors apply the technique to career construction counseling specifically. Narrative data derived from the career construction interview (Savickas, [Savickas, M. L., 2011], [Savickas, M. L., 2015]) allow for the development of 4 distinct scripts that can be applied to career counseling: meaning making, identity, adaptability, and job trial. A case vignette demonstrates the use and efficacy of CGI in career construction counseling.