Career Counselling. Perspectives on the Socio-Dynamic Approach and Narrative Methods
Career Counselling. Perspectives on the Socio-Dynamic Approach and Narrative Methods

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an investigation concerning the applicability of the socio-dynamic counselling model for high school students. This type of counselling is based on narrative elements, on the use of creative and therapeutic stories and metaphors to meet the needs of adaptation, of personal and socio-professional development of students. A challenge for high school counsellors is how to convey clear, appropriate, useful information about the world of work and career opportunities, and how to support the process of self-knowledge and capitalizing on one’s potential. Traditionally, career counselling was focused on matching the person to a professional environment on the basis of objective, statistically validated etc. information. The presented approach analyses the idea that the socio-dynamic approach is perceived differently by those involved (students, counsellors). Starting from the premise that the preference for a certain style of work differs depending on the person, the results indicated the existence of gender differences, this type of counselling being preferred by female students. It was also found among the counsellors that there are differences in the preference for the practical use of the model. In their case, the subjective options for a certain way of working were supplemented with an objective factor, namely professional experience, which can be quantified in years of practice in the field. The article concludes the usefulness of the socio-dynamic approach and the need to develop skills in managing narrative methods by career counsellors.

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