ERIC Number: EJ1022434
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 10
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Story Telling: Crafting Identities
McMahon, Mary; Watson, Mark
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, v41 n3 p277-286 2013
Career guidance clients are seeking to craft new identities that better position them in their careers. The focus of the present article is on narrative career counselling's potential contribution in providing a meaningful and useful experience for career guidance clients. To illustrate the potential of narrative career counselling, the story telling approach is offered as an example to illustrate how identity can be crafted in contextually and culturally sensitive ways.
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Story Telling, Personal Narratives, Career Counseling, Cultural Relevance, Counseling Techniques, Identification (Psychology), Foreign Countries
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; South Africa
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