Abstract
Narrative career counselling has been widely adopted in the career development area in the more than two decades since Savickas (1993) exhorted the field to move from scores to stories in his seminal article “Career counseling in the postmodern era”. Other pioneering works have provided examples of “how to do” narrative career counselling and since then, much has been written on new and innovative approaches, and qualitative career assessment tools have provided practitioners with a range of options. Narrative approaches have revitalised the field by emphasising the dialogue in the client–counsellor relationship and privileging the voices of clients and their ability to construct their futures. Narrative career counselling, however, is in its embryonic stages in practice and research, particularly in research where both its process and outcomes need to be better understood.
It is time to take stock of narrative career counselling. Despite its popular appeal, has this approach achieved the potential envisaged for it? This special issue invites contributors to consider the status quo of narrative career counselling and its way forward. Australian and international researchers can submit manuscripts on innovative approaches to narrative career counselling as well as research papers directed towards building its evidence base. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: the use of narrative career counselling with disenfranchised individuals; its capacity to facilitate inclusion; its use in group settings; its application with quantitative and qualitative career assessment; research concerning the process and outcomes; and its use in diverse settings (e.g. schools, community agencies).
Deadline for submissions
Submit manuscripts to https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/acd by 31 January 2018.
Use 12-point Times New Roman and limit submissions to 30 pages, double spaced, all inclusive.
The special issue will be published in July 2018.
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AJCD Editor: Professor Peter Creed