Savickas article

First of all, I want to address the wiki page. While I like the idea of it, I think it is adding way too much technology into the equation and I would rather just share and record ideas the old fashioned way. Although it is pretty neat that we can share links, and post ideas whenever inspiration strikes.

As far as the Savickas article, I think that it is good in theory. I don't know, however, whether it would work for everyone, or most people, in practice. It seemed to go too smoothly in the example given and the girl seems to have some insight into the cause of her indecision before she even begins the process.

I also don't think you need to necessarily dig to the deep roots of this problem in order to solve it. Does it matter in the long run that her family wants her to behave in a socially appropriate and safe manner when she likes to break norms and take risks? No. This is experienced by many children who do just fine in their career without ever realizing that this may have impacted their development.

I feel like the focus should be more on what she is interested in and what skills she may want to develop or utilize instead of what possibly could have contributed to her indecision. And I think they may also want to work on her assertiveness skills (which was mentioned) so that she can get her dad to tone down the pressure a little bit.

There is so much pressure for some recent high school graduates to go to college right away and automatically know what they want to do for the rest of their lives. Some people just need a little extra time to decide and I don't feel like this should be seen as abnormal or pathological.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that they could be focusing more on the here and now than what possibly could have influenced her development in the past. I feel like there's many pieces of a person's development that could be construed to "mean" something in the long run, but there is no concrete answer to whether what you're saying is brilliant or BS. Maybe the stated memories were the reasons for her indecision, maybe not.

The upside is that she got up the courage to talk to her family and somehow came to the conclusion that she is going to be a mathematician. Go her :)

Savickas, M. L. (1995). Constructivist counseling for career indecision. The Career Development Quarterly, 43(4), 363-373.