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Career development of trauma survivors: expectations about counseling and career maturity
Author(s) -
Coursol Diane H.,
Lewis Jacqueline,
Garrity Lisa
Publication year - 2001
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.2161-1920.2001.tb00495.x
Subject(s) - maturity (psychological) , psychology , career counseling , counseling psychology , clinical psychology , agency (philosophy) , career development , developmental psychology , social psychology , applied psychology , philosophy , epistemology
Trauma survivors include individuals who have been affected by a severe physical or psychologically threatening experience. This study compared the expectations for career counseling and the level of career maturity among trauma survivors and nonsurvivors (individuals who have had no trauma experience) who participated in a program at a midwestern social service agency. The findings indicated that trauma survivors were more motivated and open to counseling than nonsurvivors, but expected their counselors to be less empathic. No significant differences were noted on career maturity. Implications for counselor training and future research are also discussed.