29-1 The Construction of a Strength-centered Career Adjustment Model for Counseling Dual-career Women

The purpose of the study is to construct a strength-centered career adjustment model for counseling dual-career women. The study adopted the task analysis approach in which participants received six to eight counseling sessions. Participants of this study included ten dual-career women, aged between 28 to 47 years old (M=38.8). The interview transcripts were analyzed qualitatively using discovery-oriented psychotherapy. Based on the analyses, a model containing four theme categories and ten themes were constructed. The strength-centered counseling protocol for dual-career women was then proposed. The four theme categories include Exploration/Assessment, Insight, Change, and Action. The model consists of ten stages: (1)defining the problem; (2)stating the problem, including causes and contexts; (3)exploring, assessing and understanding the content and influences of an individual's life experiences and current roles in life; (4)bringing insights into her intrinsic values and needs, and integrating both positive and negative experiences; (5)perceiving the content of social, culture, and gender experiences; (6)being aware of the conflicts between different roles and coping strategies; (7)knowing, creating and expanding one's own strengths; (8)reframing; (9)creativeness and creating, specifically making plans, practicing exercises, connecting diverse strengths and creating an integrated and balanced prospect; and (10)taking actions. The results demonstrate thirteen strengths, such as positive emotion, good adjustment, dream/goal, etc. The findings in this research are discussed, and the implications and recommendations for practice and future study are also provided.

Keywords
career adjustment、career counseling、dual-career women、strength-centered counseling

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