During class, I identified with the Minnesota Theory of Work Adjustment. In order to remain in a job, a person must have both satisfaction and satisfactoriness. In my previous job as an Ultrasound Technologist, I met the demands of the work environment, or satisfactoriness. However, I did not have satisfaction of the job or the job did not meet my expectations or needs. Therefore, I quit the job to go back to school in order to pursue a career that I can have both satisfaction and satisfactoriness with.
As others have said, I enjoyed the presentation by Joan Blades. I was shocked to hear that the United States is only one of three countries that does not have paid maternity leave for mothers. Mothers have to decide between being with their babies or feeding their family by working. This is a horrible decision for mothers to have to make because mother-child bonding occurs early in infancy. I thought the Living Room Conversation demonstration helped me to understand more about what that is. However, I think that the idea of the Living Room Conversation, that we need to get past all the opinion differences and see that we are all similar, can be connected with psychology. It reminds me of the therapeutic factor of universality and that when people realize that they are not the only ones suffering then that helps them to heal (Yalom & Leszcz, 2005).
After reading the case studies in the article, I understand more about the three different forms of synchronicity (Guindon & Hanna, 2002). I like how synchronicity is defined "...as the occurrence of a meaningful coincidence in time" (Guindon & Hanna, 2002, p. 197). All three cases seem to say that they were coincidences that occurred. However, with Dan's case, I think the coincidence of wanting to become the owner of a small town printing press and then having his attorney friend acquire a printing press is just luck. I think some people would say that is God showing Dan that this is the right career for him.
Sarah's case and Billie's case both involve dreams (Guindon & Hanna, 2002). This seems similar to Freud's dream analysis in psychoanalytic theory. However, I think dream analysis is extremely subjective and not really helpful or therapeutic. Dreams are just our brains way of working out any issues or problems during the day.
When I was starting college, I had a dream about being happy working as an x-ray technologist in a hospital. This dream did not help me because I did not enjoy working as an Ultrasound Technologist in a hospital. Dreams do not always actually mean something. They could just be what you wish could happen. It is like what Cinderella says in Disney's Cinderella "A dream is a wish your heart makes."
I think that synchronicity can be used with career counseling but not the dream analysis part. The most important concept is for career counselors to help their clients to find meaningful work for them (Guindon & Hanna, 2002).
References
Guindon, M. H., & Hanna, F. J. (2002). Coincidence, happenstance, serendipity, fate, or the hand of God: Case studies in synchronicity. The Career Development Quarterly, 50, 195-208.
Yalom, I. D., & Leszcz, M. (2005). The theory and practice of group psychotherapy (5th ed.). New York: Basic Books
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