Narrative Interventions in Post-modern Guidance and Career Counseling : A Review of Case Studies and Innovative Qualitative Approaches

This book presents an international review of the principle new post-modern narrative interventions in Guidance and Career Counseling. With contributions from the most important scholars in the field this volume presents new qualitative approaches and tools to assess the effectiveness of narrative interventions. It provides a critically needed review of case studies regarding the most innovative and updated interventions. This volume explores the field of Guidance and Career Counseling according to the most recent post-modern theories in career construction, life construction and life meaning, the psychology of working and the relational theory of working. It offers an international perspective for the application of effective post-modern Guidance and Career Counseling interventions to facilitate individuals’ life and career management. The volume serves as a fundamental instrument and reference for researchers, professionals, counselors, career counselors, professors, and students interested in the field. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction: Postmodern Guidance and Career Counseling Interventions—The New Scenario (Annamaria Di Fabio, Jean-Luc Bernaud)....Pages 3-14 Using Career Construction to Manage Career Choice-Related Transitions and Resolve Indecision: A Case Study (J. G. Maree)....Pages 15-29 Individualized Counseling for Job Decency Analysis and Career Development—A New Approach (Jean-Luc Bernaud, Dominique Guédon)....Pages 31-46 A Meaning-Centered Career Intervention: A Case Study (Lin Lhotellier, Caroline Arnoux-Nicolas, Laurent Sovet)....Pages 47-75 Counseling Case Formulation as Metaphor (Peter McIlveen, Allison Creed)....Pages 77-86 Impacts of a Group-Based Career Counseling Model for Unskilled Adults in Crisis: A Case Study (Marcelo Afonso Ribeiro, Guilherme de Oliveira Silva Fonçatti, Maria da Conceição Coropos Uvaldo)....Pages 87-118 Front Matter ....Pages 119-119 Postmodern Guidance and Career Counseling: The Need for New Qualitative Tools for Evaluating Intervention Effectiveness (Maureen E. Kenny, Annamaria Di Fabio)....Pages 121-142 Career Interest Profile (CIP) as a Life Design Counseling Intervention: A Case Study on an Italian PhD Student Using Both FCA and LAQuA as Qualitative Evaluation Tools (Ornella Bucci, Allison Creed, Annamaria Di Fabio)....Pages 143-158 Life Design Counseling Intervention: Two Case Studies on Italian Workers Using Career Construction Interview and LAQuA and CCIO as Qualitative Evaluation Tools (Letizia Palazzeschi, Allison Creed, Alessio Gori, Annamaria Di Fabio)....Pages 159-180 Life Meaning Intervention: A Case Study on an Italian Worker Using LAQuA and CCIO as Qualitative Evaluation Instruments (Annamaria Di Fabio, Maureen E. Kenny)....Pages 181-195 Intrapreneurial Self-Capital Training: A Case Study of an Italian University Student (Peter McIlveen, Annamaria Di Fabio)....Pages 197-209 Constructing My Future Purposeful Life as a New Life Construction Dialogue Intervention: A Case Study on an Italian Worker Using Comparatively FCA, LAQuA, and CCIO as Qualitative Evaluation Instruments (Violetta Drabik-Podgórna, Marek Podgórny, Annamaria Di Fabio)....Pages 211-229 Qualitative SIFS Evaluation for Future (QSEF) Coding System (Annamaria Di Fabio, Peter McIlveen)....Pages 231-242 Back Matter ....Pages 243-246