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ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT

ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT. Dr. Norman Amundson University of British Columbia, Canada amundson@interchange.ubc.ca. Social and Economic Challenges. Globalization Technological and Informational Advances Demographic Shifts. Challenges to Personal and Working Life. Faster Pace Increased Complexity

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ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT

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  1. ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT Dr. Norman Amundson University of British Columbia, Canada amundson@interchange.ubc.ca

  2. Social and Economic Challenges • Globalization • Technological and Informational Advances • Demographic Shifts

  3. Challenges to Personal and Working Life • Faster Pace • Increased Complexity • Greater Unpredictability

  4. Responding to Challenges • Imagination • Flexibility • Risk taking • Curiosity • Team work • Focused and Inspired effort

  5. Clients often come forward with a “crisis of imagination”. What is needed is a counselling approach that is consistent with the challenge that is being presented.

  6. Current Counselling Practice • Problems are narrowly defined • Standard set periods of time for discussion • Over reliance on verbal counselling methods • Space is unimaginative and cramped • Social and cultural contexts are not considered

  7. A More Actively Engaged Counselling Approach • Holistic orientation (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual) • Redesigning counselling space • Flexible scheduling and reflective breaks • Increased attention to cultural sensitivity • Broader range of counselling strategies (more attention to visual/body movement)

  8. The Intelligent Career, (Arthur, Claman & De Fillippi, 1995) Knowing WHOM Knowing WHY Knowing HOW Pursuing an Intelligent Career

  9. Knowing Why • Finding meaning and purpose • Making a difference • Contributing • Finding your passion • Addressing significant values

  10. Knowing How • Skill Development • Lifelong learning • Formal and informal education • Work Experience • Volunteer Experience

  11. Knowing How • Skill Development • Lifelong learning • Formal and informal education • Work Experience • Volunteer Experience

  12. Knowing Whom • Relationships • Colleagues • Staff • Managers • Clients • Social

  13. Expanding the Intelligent Career Model to Include Additional Dimensions An Expanded Horizon

  14. The 3 M’s of Career Development, (Amundson, 2008) HEALTH MOULD VISION MOLE-D FLEXIBILITY MOLD Expanding Horizons 2008

  15. Flexibility • Innovation/ Creativity • Exploring New Possibilities • Pioneering • Risk Taking • Resilience • Accepting Uncertainty and Paradox

  16. Health • Balanced Living • Knowing When to Stop or Slow Down • Managing the Workload • Seeking the Optimal Level of Challenge • Optimism • Agency and Self-efficacy

  17. Vision: Sight and Insight • Expanding Perspective • Acquiring Information • Anticipating Change • Awareness of how the Self and the Organization are Changing • Spiritual Vision - finding one’s calling

  18. Counselling Strategies • Storytelling • Structured Exploration Exercises eg. Pattern Identification Exercise; Multiple Perspective Taking; Career Genogram • Visual images (wheel), drawings • Metaphors

  19. Career and Vocational Guidance Themes • Moving IN transition issues; making choices • Moving THROUGH Adjustment; re-assessment; competence • Moving OUT Goal setting; job search; transition

  20. Mattering - the belief that you are worthwhile / significant • Attention • Importance • Reliance • Personal Caring

  21. Positive PsychologyValuing subjective experience - exploring well being, contentment and satisfaction.

  22. Personal Identity • Look for the person behind the story • Each person is more than his or her culture, gender, age,work role, physical ability, mental status, etc.

  23. Client Roles and Expectations • The Visitor - checking things out • The Complainant - the unfixable problem • The Customer - the motivated client • “Resistance leads to persistence - Go with the flow and increase your learning along the way”

  24. The Person is Larger than their Problem • Don’t deny problems but leave room for an exploration of the positive • Moments of Well Being, Satisfaction and Joy • Health oriented approach

  25. Second Order Questioning • Evidence - Listen to the reasons for the belief; and then seek any contradictory evidence • Development • Perspectives of others • Impact of beliefs and is there a desire to change

  26. Pattern Identification Exercise: Identification • Step One: Identify an activity from leisure, education or work that is particularly enjoyable. Think about a specific time when it was very enjoyable and a time when it wasn’t.

  27. Pattern Identification Exercise: Description • Step Two: Describe in detail both the positive and the negative experiences. Think about the events, the people involved, feelings, thoughts, challenges, dynamics, successes, outcomes, and so on.

  28. Pattern Identification Exercise: Analysis • Step Three: What does this information say about you as a person. Think about your values, interests, skills, personal style, goals - and how these merge together to define your unique patterns.

  29. Pattern Identification Exercise: Application • Step Four: How can you apply the patterns to your current life/career situation

  30. Pattern Identification Exercise: Application • Step Four: How can you apply the patterns to your current life/career situation

  31. What is a Portfolio? • Life-long tool to help you discover and express who you are • A dynamic collection of materials or artifacts that summarizes and highlights your interests and accomplishments • Evidence of your potential

  32. Questioning Process • Story – what is behind the artifact • Time line – pre and post • Skills and abilities • Personal characteristics • Involvement of others • Meaning • Relating to other aspects of life

  33. Task Action Situation Attitude Results Telling a Story

  34. Personal control Flexibility Creativity Sense of purpose Flexibility Support Optimism Determination Pos. Self-Talk Emotional expression Problem solving skills Learning Career Resiliency

  35. Springboard Stories and Metaphors • Increasing energy: The backswing • Creating new patterns: Getting ‘unstuck’ • Creating new vision: Walking the problem

  36. Metaphors • Pull Things together • Increase self efficacy by working with familiar situations • Natural flow between reality and metaphors • Communication tool • Multiple metaphors expand creativity

  37. Client Initiated Metaphors • Dynamic Dialogue • Extension • Time-line

  38. Counsellor Responsive Metaphors • Active Listening • Encouragement

  39. Counsellor Initiated Metaphoric Exercises • Perspectives of Others • Changing Conceptual Frameworks • Parallel Metaphoric Imagery • The Collective

  40. Exploring and Extending Career Metaphors • Moving from internal to external • Collaboration; Empathy • Driven by natural curiosity • Incorporate time line perspective • Use drawings when possible

  41. Guidance Metaphor: Bridge Building • Bridges: beams, triangles, suspension and arches • Archway Bridge: Odd number of stones; centerpiece is the “Keystone”

  42. Meaning as the Keystone • Meaning as both noun and verb; as both process and product • Meaning making as a key construct within constructivism • Victor Frankl’s logo (meaning) therapy, meaning of the moment and the search for ultimate meaning • Meaning ‘receiving’ and Meaning ‘making’

  43. Working from Both Sides of the Bridge • The “Miracle Question”: Viewing the problem from the vantage point of a problem solved

  44. Multiple Career Metaphors • Developing creativity and imagination • Opening up new possibilities • Client and counsellor generated using lists of metaphors

  45. Living with Hope • Focusing on the positive • Believing in the “possible” • Trusting oneself

  46. Acting with Courage and Humility • Discovering the “hero” within • Seeking adventure • Persisting when problems arise • Accepting help from others

  47. Taking Advantage of Opportunity • Following natural curiosity • Exploring widely • Being flexible and open minded • Willing to take risks

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