TY - JOUR
T1 - Life Design Counseling
T2 - a study on client's operations for meaning construction
AU - Cardoso, Paulo
AU - Duarte, Maria Eduarda
AU - Gaspar, Rui
AU - Bernardo, Fátima
AU - Janeiro, Isabel Nunes
AU - Santos, Graça
N1 - Funding Information:
CICPSI Research Center - University of Lisbon is supported by the FCT Grant No. UID/PSI/04527/2013 .
Funding Information:
William James Center for Research, ISPA-Instituto Universitário is supported by the FCT Grant No. UID/PSI/04810/2013 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - This study evaluated the adequacy of the micro-theory of client operations to explain meaning construction during Life Design Counseling. Four adolescents were interviewed about their second counseling session. Their recollections were stimulated through the replay of counseling videotapes. The resulting transcribed interviews were qualitatively analyzed. Results confirmed a sequence of client operations evolving from the symbolic representation of experience and reflexive self-examination towards making new realizations and revisioning self. Moreover, clients reported negative and positive session moments evidencing that clients' attention and activity during the session was not restricted to meaning construction operations. Practical implications for life design counseling are derived from the results and discussed.
AB - This study evaluated the adequacy of the micro-theory of client operations to explain meaning construction during Life Design Counseling. Four adolescents were interviewed about their second counseling session. Their recollections were stimulated through the replay of counseling videotapes. The resulting transcribed interviews were qualitatively analyzed. Results confirmed a sequence of client operations evolving from the symbolic representation of experience and reflexive self-examination towards making new realizations and revisioning self. Moreover, clients reported negative and positive session moments evidencing that clients' attention and activity during the session was not restricted to meaning construction operations. Practical implications for life design counseling are derived from the results and discussed.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Client operations
KW - Life Design Counseling
KW - Meaning construction
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvb.2016.07.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jvb.2016.07.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84996565950
SN - 0001-8791
VL - 97
SP - 13
EP - 21
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
ER -