Summer 2019

FT546

Goodman

FT546: LIFE DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER COUNSELING. Goodman.

DESCRIPTION:

This course examines theoretical approaches and the practical application of career counseling recognizing the pivotal importance of career life to clinical practice with adults and their families. This course explores the unique issues of career direction and personal development common across the life span with a particular focus on adult development. Special attention is given to exploring the role of vocational narratives in adulthood and the role of spirituality in shaping an understanding or career purpose and vocation.

cOURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

(1) Students will understand and apply major theories of life development and their application to career counseling. (2) Students will understand the influence of culture and context on career development and decision-making processes. (3) Students will analyze examples of career decision-making, planning, and vocational narrative. (4) Students will conduct a brief literature review of a specific multicultural population and their unique career issues and needs. (5) Students will improve strategies for advocating for diverse clients' career and educational development and employment opportunities in a global economy. (6) Students will understand and utilize culturally appropriate formal and informal career assessments.

RELATIONSHIP TO SCHOOL AND SEMINARY LEARNING OUTCOMES:

This course is designed to address several School of Psychology learning outcomes. These include (1) Graduates will demonstrate the ability to provide excellent preventative and or transformational mental health services to the church and the wider community. (2) Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of the concepts and attitudes necessary to serve effectively in diverse communities locally and globally. (3) Graduates will be prepared to serve underserved populations and to integrate in their practice and personal lives the disciplines of compassion and charity. (4) Graduates will demonstrate the ability to identify critical issues of diversity and make appropriate responses.

As such the course is designed to address the following seminary learning outcomes: (1) Prepare students to demonstrate an understanding of Christian theology, ministry, and spirituality. (2) To further student awareness of ecclesial, societal, and global issues from Christian theological perspectives; and to pursue careers consistent with their education.

COURSE FORMAT:

This course is offered in an online format. Weekly assignments are scheduled over the full summer term. Final submission of all written assignments is due September 6 at 5.00 pm.

REQUIRED READING:

Cunningham, D. (2019). Hearing vocation differently: Meaning, purpose, and identity in the multi-faith academy. Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0190888671

Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN: 0345472322.

Payne, K. (2017). The broken ladder: How inequality affects the way we think, live, and die. New York: Penguin Press. ISBN-13: 9780143128908

Swanson, J. L., & Fouad, N. (2015). Career theory and practice: Learning through case studies (3rd ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. ISBN: 9781452256696

Additional readings are available on the Canvas site.

INTEGRATION (Please select one):

Dillard, A. (2013). The writing life. Harper Perennial. ISBN-13: 978-0060919887

Labberton, M. (2014). Called: The crisis and promise of following Jesus today. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press. ISBN: 978083083683.

Wheatley, M. (2017). Who do we choose to be?: Facing reality, claiming leadership, restoring sanity. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-1523083633

Whyte, D. (2002). Crossing the unknown sea: Work as a pilgrimage of identity. Riverhead Books. ISBN-13: 978-1573229142

SUPPLEMENTAL READING:

Arnett, J. J. (2014). Emerging adulthood: The winding road from late teens through the twenties (2nd Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0199929382, ISBN-10: 0199929386.

Cain, S. (2013). Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking. New York: Broadway Books. ISBN-10: 0307352153, ISBN-13: 978-0307352156.

Collins, C. (2019). Making motherhood work: How women manage careers and caregiving. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Pei, A. (2018). The minority experience: Navigating emotional and organizational realities. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

Simmons, R. (2018). Enough as she is. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

Sue, D. W. (2016). Race talk and the conspiracy of silence: Understanding and facilitating difficult dialogues on race. Wiley. ISBN-13: 978-1119241980

Westervelt, A. (2018). Forget "having it all": How America messed up motherhood-and how to fix it. New York, NY: Seal Press.

ASSIGNMENTS:

Forum Responses (25%), Book Club (7.5%), Journal Responses (15%), Case Studies/Interviews (7.5%), Career Theory Fact Sheets (10%), Synthesis Paper (15%), Annotated Bibliography and Summary (20%).

PREREQUISITES:

Enrollment in MSMFT degree program.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:

Core requirement for LPCC; elective otherwise.

FINAL EXAM:

None.