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The Thematic‐Extrapolation Method: Incorporating Career Patterns into Career Counseling
Author(s) -
Jepsen David A.
Publication year - 1994
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/j.2161-0045.1994.tb00845.x
Subject(s) - extrapolation , career counseling , cognitive information processing , thematic analysis , narrative , counseling psychology , career development , psychology , psychodynamics , applied psychology , sociology , pedagogy , psychoanalysis , qualitative research , mathematics , social science , art , literature , mathematical analysis
One of Donald Super's most important contributions of career counseling was the career model , the idea that one person's sequence of work positions constitutes a whole and unique career. In 1954, he advocated a method for predicting career patterns called the Thematic‐Extrapolation Method (TEM). TEM is described and summarized in three identifiable steps. Recent writings from developmental, psychodynamic, and narrative approaches to career counseling suggest innovative revisions and elaborations on the original method. A modified TEM remains a promising, but largely untried, career counseling technique.