A creative method for career supervision: Therapeutic associative cards

This article proposes the use of therapeutic associative cards in career supervision. Associative therapeutic cards, as a stimulus material, can be used to elicit thoughts and feelings and to encourage communication with trainees. The aim of the study is to suggest and evaluate new and creative ways of closing the gap between theory and practice by demonstrating a possible implementation of associative therapeutic cards in career supervision. A scenario-based example is provided to illustrate how these cards could be used in the process. In addition, future recommendations, caveats, and the limitations of using therapeutic associative cards in career supervision are highlighted in order to shape the agenda of future research in validating such instruments using evidence-based studies.

Understanding the Complexity of Clients’ Lives

This article discusses training issues related to the new paradigm proposed by Robitschek and DeBell, in which vocational topics in counseling psychology are viewed as primary issues and contextual factors in people’s lives. Specifically, the new paradigm is conceptualized as a truly integrative career-personal perspective in the training of delivery of counseling services. Existing literature regarding the overlap of career and social-emotional counseling is reviewed in the context of the new integrative paradigm, with particular focus on evidence related to foundational assumptions underlying the paradigm. Suggestions for how to implement a truly integrative career-personal perspective throughout graduate training are offered.

Training for Career Development Professionals: Responding to Supply and Demand in the Next Decade

In a changing context of career and career work, the need for appropriately prepared career development professionals to support the complexity of career decision-making across the life span is greater than ever before. This article will describe the changing nature of career work and the changing role of career personnel. It argues for an increase in training opportunities for individuals involved in this field, and suggests the need for changes in the nature of the training programs offered.