2. Caroline
17 year old white female
High school senior
Requests help with the career planning
process
Plans to attend a small, faith based college
and has begun enrollment process
3. Myers-Briggs
Help student to become knowledgeable about her
personality type
Make connections between occupational
considerations and personality type
Self Directed Search
Identify interest patterns based on Holland’s typology
Correlate interests, competencies, and abilities to an
occupation
Career Style Interview
Use the student’s personal stories to construct a
career success plan
Identify themes and tension in the stories to enable
the student to learn how to adapt in the work world.
4. MBTI – Form M
93 items
Completed by student at school
Scored and results interpreted by counselor
Second meeting
SDS
Self-administered and self-scored (with supervision)
Seven sections
Interpreted in consultation with counselor during third
meeting with student
CSI
Fifth meeting - Counselor interviews student in office
Sixth meeting – Counselor and student create a theme
map and success formula based on interview answers
7 questions
6. Studentgave no indication of previous
psychiatric issues in family.
7. School Activities
Leader in several organizations
Respected member of the student body by both
teachers and students
Academic
GPA – 3.8 using a 4.0 scale
8. Family structure
Mother and father married
Mother - outgoing leader
Father - quiet, strong
Older brother, recently married
Considered a leader
Idolizes brother
Strong family connections
Social Connections
Several meaningful friendships with peers
Active in local church
Voted “Friendliest” by classmates
9. MBTI –
ENFJ: Extrovert,Intuitive,Feeling,&Judging
All types are valuable
Split-half reliability and internal consistency are high
(.90/some .80). Some debate concerning internal
consistency.
SDS –
Summary Code - SEA
Social (42)
Enterprising (39)
Artistic (33)
Substantial test-retest reliability (.76 to .89) and
validity is at the high range for interest inventories.
10. CSI –
Themes –
Social, Artistic, Poised
She feels pressure to live up to her mother’s/brother’s
example, but is more comfortable being a part of the
team.
Pain – She feels like she has to live up to the
expectation of leadership exhibited by her
mother and brother and fears she will fail.
Research is presently be conducted to establish
reliability and validity for this qualitative form of
assessment.
11. MBTI –
Enjoys working with people
Perceives relationships, meanings, & possibilities
Use personal feelings, values to make decisions
Rather make a judgment quickly
SDS – Student may enjoy jobs that include the following:
Helping, counseling, social service,
Directing others, success, extroverted
Artistic activities, creativity, open to experience
CSI –
Success Formula – Life is best when she is able to
express herself artistically, with poise and work with
people in a cooperative manner
12. After consulting and receiving feedback from
the student concerning the results of all
assessments, the counselor will:
Provide and discuss information concerning
occupations suggested by all assessments.
Discuss further career plan objectives
Follow-up to determine progress toward career
planning goals. Also counsel the student
concerning other potential counseling needs.
13. Holland, J. L. (1994). Self-directed search: You and your
career. Lutz, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources.
Holland, J. L., Fritzsche, B. A., & Powell, A. B. (1997). Self-
directed search: Technical manual. Lutz, FL: Psychological
Assessment Resources.
Schaubhut, N. A., Herk, N. A., & Thompson, R. C. (2009).
MBTI form M: Manual supplement. Retrieved from
http://www.cpp.com/pdfs/MBTI_FormM_Supp.pdf.
Whiston, S. C. (2009). Principles and applications of
assessment in counseling. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole,
Cengage Learning.
Zunker, V. G. (2012). Career counseling: A holistic approach.
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