2021/06/09 by Tom Strong, Strong, Tom
Arts and Humanities · Health Professions · #Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues #Health, Medicine and Society #Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity #accountable #profession #professional
paper · doi:10.82396/cjcd.v4i2.2992
openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex publication_date 2021/06/09 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/07
This article summarizes activities from a workshop on the career development of counsellors. The perspective taken is borrowed from narrative psychology and therapy, and the workshop’s activities are seen as “re-authoring” opportunities. These opportunities arise from questions, answered in pairs, designed to promote reflection and decision-making on aspects of practice germane to experienced counsellors. Counselling is portrayed as a profession where we are expected to balance accountabilities, including those we have to ourselves, and our most important non-work relationships. Narrating the story of our professional life is therefore one in which our ’authorship’ in all areas of accountability is required.