INTEGRATING PERSONAL AND CAREER COUNSELING - A CHALLENGE FOR COUNSELORS

In recent years career counseling has often been viewed as separate an d distinct from personal counseling, ignoring a long tradition in the career development field that has consistently recognized the importan ce of personality factors in the process of choosing and maintaining a career. This paper argues for the use of an eclectic career counselin g model that embraces both personality and career development theories . The model requires the counselor to be able to move back and forth b etween the active and directive role of the career counselor and the f acilitative and exploratory role of the personal counselor. A case is presented to demonstrate its application and implications for counseli ng and training are discussed.