Extending the Narrative Process: Guided Imagery in Career Construction Counseling
The Career Development Quarterly
Published online on September 06, 2018
Abstract
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Guided imagery and its use are fairly well documented in the career literature. With the rise of idiographic approaches to career counseling, there is opportunity to reinvigorate and advance the use of guided imagery in career intervention. Toward this aim, the authors present the use of career narrativeāgenerated guided imagery (CGI) in career construction counseling. After reviewing the use of guided imagery in career counseling generally, the authors apply the technique to career construction counseling specifically. Narrative data derived from the career construction interview (Savickas, , ) allow for the development of 4 distinct scripts that can be applied to career counseling: meaning making, identity, adaptability, and job trial. A case vignette demonstrates the use and efficacy of CGI in career construction counseling.
- The Career Development Quarterly, Volume 66, Issue 3, Page 259-268, September 2018.