The Body as Evidence: Helping Clients Identify Decision-making Roadblocks

Authors

  • Jacqueline Synard

Keywords:

Applied Practice, Career Counselling, Decision Making, Emotion, Family of Origin

Abstract

Grad school or Europe for a year? A highly motivated, fourth-year liberal arts student makes her decision but still has doubts. What roles do emotion and a client’s personal history play in career counselling? The case study utilizes experiential process to uncover decision-making roadblocks.

Author Biography

  • Jacqueline Synard
    Jacqueline Synard, B.Comm, MBA, M.Ed has a master’s degree in educational counseling from the University of Ottawa and is currently contemplating further graduate studies and private practice. Having made a career transition from high-tech marketing, she’s most recently worked in career counselling and business consulting roles at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario.

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Published

2009-11-29

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 4 (2009): Commemorative Issue

Section

The Practitioners' Notebook/ Bloc-notes des praticiens

License

Copyright is retained by the Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy.