Career construction counselling aimed at enhancing the narratability and career resilience of a young girl with a poor sense of self-worth

Abstract

This article reports on the influence of integrative career construction counselling on the narratability and career resilience of a young female learner. The 14-year-old participant was purposely selected from people who had sought career counselling in a private practice context. An explanatory, single-case study design was adopted using a mixed-methods paradigm as the research framework. Career construction techniques were used to construct and analyse the data. After the intervention, the participant presented with an enhanced ability to narrate her career-life story and displayed an elevated level of career resilience. Furthermore, the intervention motivated her to set and realise specific goals, bolstered her sense of self, restored her sense of self-worth, helped her ‘make meaning’ in her (repurposed) career-life and pursue purpose. Future research should examine the longitudinal influence of the intervention described here (using the same or different techniques) in group contexts with diverse groups of young people.

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