CAREER COUNSELING

Career Counseling

Career Counseling

Years of recessionary economy, devastating competition, massive downsizing, and increasing unemployment have created an unprecedented need for people to manage their own careers. Changing trade laws, deregulation, and global expansion have changed the types of jobs now needed to drive the marketplace Rapidly changing technologies mean acquiring new skill sets faster than ever before. The increase in single-parent families and dual-career couples has created a demand for nontraditional work hours and work styles. The need for balancing family and work demands is greater than ever before

Technology has escalated career concerns. Workers must consider additional skills training and continuing education if they want to stay competitive in the marketplace. Job stress and lengthy unemployment are having an increasing impact on mental health. More workers are seeking both career counseling and personal counseling in an effort to regain control over their lives. More forms, settings, and types of career counseling services are beginning to emerge.

The goal of the counselor is to enable the client to behave favorably on the basis of his thought processes in difficult and emotionally demanding circumstances.

The crux of Situational Counseling is:

To reduce or prevent intense, irrational anger, anxiety, depression, guilt, feelings of inferiority or worthlessness, jealousy, dependency, and other such emotions in adverse situations. To learn more rational ways to view life, more honest ways to evaluate oneself, and more reasonable expectations to have of oneself and others.

To recognize that we cannot understand others or ourselves without knowing the "internal environment," i.e. how the person views or interprets the situation and what the person is saying to him/herself. This way, Situational Counseling specifically equips a person to react favorably in adverse situations. Effective career counseling depends on a number of factors, including the use of a process that helps a client address his ...