CAREER COUNSELING

ELIZABETH LYNN SMITH

• Elizabeth Lynn Smith, 23-year-old 

• Caucasian Female 
• Lives in the United States
• Obtained a High School Diploma
• Attending School for Nursing
• Seeking Addiction and Career Counseling
 SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY

• Social Encouragement
• External & Internal Social Reinforcement Factors  
• SCT on Behavior and Atmosphere 
• Consideration of Past Experiences
• How SCT is Reinforced 
SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY (CONT.)
 BASIC STEPS
FOR MS. ELIZABETH SMITH
• 1. Talk with Her about her goals for treatment 
• 2.Evaluate her past behaviors within the job field
• 3.Talk about her triggers that lead her to AoD use and how to avoid
them if they were to happen in a work environment
• 4.Talk to her about expectations in the work place 
• 5. Encourage her to seek out a role model that can help her with
finding a career path
 LINDA GOLDSON

•Linda Goldson
•Born In Jamaica
•Previous Business Owner
•Medical Issues
•Employee vs. Employer
HOLLANDS THEORY OF VOCATIONAL CHOICE
AND ADJUSTMENT
• Created for its ease of use
• Six types/environments
• 3 letter code
• Job satisfaction
 BASIC STEPS
FOR MS. LINDA GOLDSON
1. Conduct an interest inventory test that has an RIASEC scale.
2.  Determine the three letter codes that applies to client’s interest.
3.  Discuss each code and determine the tasks and environment related to
each.
4. Identify previous jobs that fall under those interest and what they liked
and disliked about each.
 5. Discuss how current health issues may affect career choice.
 6. Identify barriers that may come up from being an employee versus the
employer.
 
 THOMAS RAY MOORE

• Thomas Ray Moore 

• Born and Lives in the United State
• 20 years of Education
• Retired Military suffering (PTSD)
• Emotional fears/Seeking help and changes to his life
 MINNESOTA THEORY OF WORK ADJUSTMENT

• P-E meaning (P) for person, and (E) for Environment

• Career choices
• Career that matches a person personalities
• Abilities/Skills
• TWA-Data gathered to fit work environment
 BASIC STEPS
FOR
MR. MOORE

• Support Groups
• Career Counseling
• Questionnaire
• General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB)
• Resources
          
 JACOB JACKSON

• Jacob is a 23-year-old male

•  Bachelor’s degree in Music and Theatre
• Wants to be a director 
• Lives in Central California
• Needs health benefits 
•  Concerns: will hate his job, under paid and undervalued. 
• Goals: Have a good Career, Buy a House, Get Married, Start a
Family
• Feels Stress and Anxiety 
 CAREER CONSTRUCTION THEORY 

• "Our identities are shaped by our social contexts,

including culture, gender, and social class" (Brown
& Lent, 2013, p. 205). 
• Our narrative and our surroundings
• Narrating a Career 
• Career over a lifetime. 
• Changes can happen
 BASIC STEPS: JACOB JACKSON
WRITING THE NARRATIVE

Movin Client’s goals 

g Create Narrative
from Summarizing Narrative
Anxiet
Evaluation 
y to
Caree Career over time  
r Resources and Mentors
REFERENCES

• Brown, S. D., & Lent, R. W. (Eds.). (2013). Career development and counseling: Putting theory
and research to work. John Wiley & Sons.
• •Margaret Handley phD, M. (2012, Sept 27). Epi 246 Social Cognitive Theory, Information,
Motivation and Behavioral Skills Model and Models of Patient-Provider Communication
Margaret Handley,. Retrieved August 13, 2018, from Slide Player:
http://slideplayer.com/slide/7947632/
• Wayne W. LaMorte, M. P. (2016). The Social Cognitive Theory. Retrieved August 06, 2018,
from Behavioral Change Models:
http://sphweb.bumc.bu.edu/otlt/MPH-Modules/SB/BehavioralChangeTheories/BehavioralC
hangeTheories5.html