Premium
Integrating Personal and Career Counseling: A Challenge for Counselors
Author(s) -
IMBIMBO PATRICIA V.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1994.tb00414.x
Subject(s) - career counseling , psychology , career development , counseling psychology , cognitive information processing , personality , counselor education , directive , career portfolio , applied psychology , social psychology , higher education , political science , law , computer science , programming language
In recent years career counseling has often been viewed as separate and distinct from personal counseling, ignoring a long tradition in the career development field that has consistently recognized the importance of personality factors in the process of choosing and maintaining a career. This paper argues for the use of an eclectic career counseling model that embraces both personality and career development theories. The model requires the counselor to be able to move back and forth between the active and directive role of the career counselor and the facilitative and exploratory role of the personal counselor. A case is presented to demonstrate its application and implications for counseling and training are discussed.