First I would like to reflect briefly on the activity that we did in class this week. I had never used the websites that we used to complete the partner activity analyzing the case study. I thought that it was a different perspective to actually compile materials on occupational interests and occupations that were related to our case study as a career counselor would do for an actual client. My partner and I found when we compared our same case study with the group that had the same case study we had chosen similar occupations for the client in the case study based on their interests and how each piece such as the Holland Code, DOC, SOC, job zone, etc. fit together and described similar information. I never used the websites before but I think that it was eye opening to learn how to navigate them for my personal interest and professional interest.
Brown (2012) discussed in chapter 4 about ethical and legal guidelines and mentioned that there are arrays of different codes of ethics that are used but many share a basic premise. The codes of ethics are meant to serve as decision-making guides. Brown (2012) first broke up different principles that are similar in the different codes of ethics, like do no harm, be competent, honor your responsibilities, etc. Then Brown (2012) discussed in chapter 5 values-based and multicultural approaches to career counseling. I found it interesting that the National Career Development Association (NCDA) defined career counseling as a “process of assisting individuals in the development of a life-career with a focus on the definition of the worker role and how that role interacts with other life roles” (Brown, 2012, p. 97). I think that this is interesting because in my opinion it relates to the values-based and multicultural career counseling. A career counselor needs to be value and cultural sensitive to clients. Based on the NCDA definition of career counseling a career counselor needs to help other people with how different parts of their life interact with different roles in their life and based on peoples cultures and values it differs and counselors need to be sensitive.
The chapters in Brown (2012) were closely related to the Byars-Winston and Fouad (2006) article. The article pointed out that there is a significant impact of cultural contexts on career behavior. Byars-Winston and Fouad (2006) stated that it is known that career counseling is effective but it is unknown if some types are more effective for particular clients and it is unknown what cultural variables influence career decision-making process. A career counselor’s ability to generate insight is greatly shaped by their own self-awareness and monitoring of their own cultural processes. I think that it is very important for counselors to be self-aware of their values including any cultural biases.
References
Brown, D. (2012). Career information, career counseling, and career development (10th ed). New York : Pearson Education, Inc.
Byars-Winston, A. M., & Fouad, N. A. (2006). Metacognition and Multicultural Competence: Expanding the Culturally Appropriate Career Counseling Model. Career Development Quarterly, 54(3), 187-201
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