The CIP Model

The timeline in Fig 1.2 showing “events, high points and key moments in counseling history” since the beginning of the 20th century both interested and surprised me in several ways. Firstly, I was surprised to learn that, rather than evolving slowly in parallel with the medical profession in general in response to the needs of the mentally ill (perhaps more descriptive of the field of psychiatry), counseling as a profession was in fact pioneered by Frank Parsons, or at least by the vocational guidance movement that he represented (Granello, 2012, p. 14). It is interesting to me that career guidance is still an important part of counseling, (Granello, 2012, p. 18) since Frank Parsons struggled with this personally and identified it as a need in society. On consideration, I realize that it makes a great deal of sense that finding an enjoyable and appropriate career has a huge impact on personal well-being, and therefore one’s mental health. Frank Parsons identified an important aspect of society (lack of education regarding suitable professions) that he felt might contribute to its dysfunction, and wrote a number of books, including “Choosing a Vocation” (Granello, 2012, p. 14). Although at first this seemed to me a surprising initiator of the Counseling profession, it is probably quite a natural one.

Questions about capability, usefulness, and worth arise, including the value they can bring to the workforce. In my opinion, it is important that assessments, and even counseling strategies make sense and connect with each other. Many of the subscales or information elicited by clients during the CBI may bring up conversations related to client negative self-talk. The Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI) operates within the framework of Cognitive Information Processing Theory, and addresses doubt and any cognitions associated with “career indecisiveness and assesses [clients’] ability to differentiate between their own perceptions of career options,” (Sheparis, Perepczka, & Limoges, 2012, p. 170). The CTI is a 48-question formatted utilizing Likert Scales, which utilizes a workbook to “help clients identify, challenge and reframe negative thoughts,” that are challenging clients’ ability to move forward in occupational decisions (Saunders, 2014, p.

The counselor then empowers the client to tell how some unplanned or unexpected events have influenced their life. The counselor takes this information to help the client learn to see unplanned events as career opportunities. From there, the counselor works with the client to overcome irrational beliefs that block the client from taking action (Krumboltz, 2009). With the direct steps of Planned Happenstance and an integration of CCUSP and CICC, a very powerful and yet simple multicultural theory of career counseling can be created. Planned Happenstance would be the core of my own career theory and CCUSP and CICC would be main concepts of the client that need to be focused on during the career counseling process. To me, clarifying ideas, exploring unplanned events as opportunities, removing irrational thoughts that block action, and a focus on the entire life and culture of the client would be very beneficial to the career counseling

However, like many of my peers in the undergraduate community, I had a declared major but a persisting uncertainty and indecision about my future and career. Nevertheless, I continued to see myself in a personal setting with clients, where I could share psychological insight to those willing to open up and partake in personal growth. Through years of information, coursework, wise words from professors, and much personal insight, I decided to pursue a career in counseling

Jerry reported being unsure of his interests, stating being indecisive between a career in music or wanting to pursue computer coding. Jerry reported he invested in professional career development services in the past when he was 17 years old to help decide his college major. Using this service now, he hopes to gain clarity on what would be best for him to study and help guide the direction of his career.

In our generation today High School students are at the age of having to know what they want to do for a career and what are the components the students need to have to achieve this. When choosing a career or career choices this is a main focal point in a young person’s life. There are many practical approaches and beliefs when approaching career selecting and it can be an intensive process. A first step in a career planning process would be assessing an individual/client with evaluating their willing/eagerness in the process (Gerstan, 2013). When looking into a specific career, planning with a high school

A professional who holds a Master’s degree in counseling my also chose to have a career as a Vocational counselors. They may also be referred to as a career or employment counselors. These counselors offer counseling services in places other than the school setting. Their main objective is to help individuals with career choices, examine an educational background, employment history, skill and abilities, personalities and other aspects to help them. Additionally, career counselors may offer support services to people who have lost their jobs or experiencing career change issues (Baxter, 1997).

For many people, finding a career that is both fulfilling and practical is a strenuous task. Fortunately, there is a plethora of different interventions, techniques, assessments, and inventories designed to aid those individuals in making the wisest career choices possible. But are any of those routes inherently better than the others? Or are all the differing options separate but equally effective? Donald Super’s Life Span Theory and John Holland’s Theory of Vocational Choice are just two of the many theories used for career counseling. Both methods are distinct in the way they approach career issues, yet despite their differences, there are some resemblances between the two theories as well. Comparing and contrasting these two theories will make it easier to see if one theory is better than the other for career counseling or if they are both equally effective.

At some point in any worker’s life, a career choice must be made. This is not always as easy as it seems. Many individuals struggle to make these career choices and often need the help of a career counsellor. There are certain theories that career counsellors use to help these individuals. The purpose of this assignment is to explain four of the main career theories as well as what they entail. After each theory has been thoroughly grasped in this assignment, a clear example will be given as to how these theories relate to the world of work.

SII is easy to use and it takes 30-40 minutes to administer, which I think it is suitable for my population. I also found that exploring my clients’ leisure activities is important beside the interest of occupations they have. The varieties of general occupational themes, realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional, would make optimistic view for my clients to find what is suitable for them. The main target of this assessment is to provide the client with information about themselves and their preferences to help them to make a career decisions. The SII is composed of 291 items. The inventory uses a five-point Likert-type response scale ranging from strongly like to strongly dislike. The counselor directs the clients to indicate how they feel about engaging in certain kinds of work, activities, and working with certain types of people, (Donnay et all, 2012). Exploring the clients’ feelings may be works as a trigger to old emotions, thus the counselor needs to be attentive to the clients’ reactions and make sure to provide a safe and supportive environment for their clients. With my population, the division between career and personal counseling would harm the client. The counselor needs to immerse in holistic foundations that emphasize to the client as a whole person, (Stoltz and Haas,

Career assessments are very beneficial when an individual is trying to determine what career path they may be wanting to take. Sometimes new information will become apparent and other times information that is already known to that individual will just be simply solidified. It is important to answer the questions as accurately to oneself as possible. My personal results only reassured me of what I already knew.

Initially, the guidance and client context is identified, with reference to their age group, diversity and need for careers guidance. This is followed by theories of

The second step explains each person is qualified for multiple career paths. Once the individual defines their unique characteristics, the career counselor can begin to create a list of potential career paths (Brown, 2016). Every person has the opportunity to excel at numerous jobs, but the hard task is locating which occupations makes the client happiest. As long as the person as no physical or mental limitations the career options are endless. There are a few job markets that do require a certain skillset. It is the responsibility of the career coach to identify those special traits, then see if the individual possesses those traits. The main goal for a counselor is to do no harm. The counselor can cause the individual harm

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1883) said, “Each man has his own vocation, his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.” (p. 112). He was speaking of the gifts granted us by God to fulfill the plan that He has for our life. Discovering and utilizing those gifts is part of the decision making process in career counseling. Christians advocate the use of spiritual discernment in order to guide the decision making process. Properly interpreting the will of God for one’s life is at the heart of each of our choices including those choices involving vocation.

Finding a specific career path can not only be difficult, but it can also induce bouts of anxiety, anger, and sadness over a crucial part of an individual’s life. Settling on a career can be unnerving when thinking about the fact that this is the career that you spend thousands of dollars on in college, that this is the career you will work in until you retire. With this course, I’ve found that it has been easier to narrow down a goal towards finding a career. Through career assessments, different assignments and discussions, I have realized what my barriers and strengths are. Overcoming these and improving these skills or applying them to an actual career assisted me in narrowing my goal as well. I am now able to clearly see the advantages and disadvantages of my career goal and to think clearer about the next steps that I will take after this course.