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My Career Chapter: Guidance Counsellors' Appraisal of Its Suitability for Adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2012

Peter McIlveen ,
Wendy Patton  and
P. Nancey Hoare
Peter McIlveen*
Affiliation:
Queensland University of Technology, Australia. mcilveen@usq.edu.au
Wendy Patton
Affiliation:
Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
P. Nancey Hoare
Affiliation:
University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
*
*Address for Correspondence: Peter McIlveen, Manager of Careers & Employment, Student Services, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba QLD 4350, Australia.
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Abstract

This article presents an investigation into the properties of a new narrative technique for career assessment and counselling, ‘My Career Chapter: A Dialogical Autobiography’. This technique is used to facilitate clients' construction of a meaningful career-related autobiography. Previous research indicates the usefulness of My Career Chapter for adult clients and its alignment with recommendations for the development and application of qualitative assessment and counselling techniques. This study specifically commences research into the technique's applicability for adolescents. A focus group, comprised of guidance counselling professionals whose work primarily pertained to the needs of adolescents, found that there is potential to develop a version of My Career Chapter that is suitable for adolescents.

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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , December 2007 , pp. 148 - 159
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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