Psychologists’ dilemmas in career counselling practice

• Author(s): Cardoso, Paulo ; Taveira, Maria do Céu ; Biscaia, Constança ; Santos, Graça
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/7080
• Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
• Subject(s): Career counselling; Dilemmas Transtheoretical
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English
• Editor(s): Springer Science

Description

In this study, we explored main dilemmas psychologists face in career counselling in two main professional settings: employment and education. Participants included 24 experienced Portuguese psychologists, working in employment (n = 14) and educational (n = 10) settings. We used consensual qualitative research to conduct and analyse semi-structured interviews. Results revealed dilemmas’ in five domains: neutrality, assessment, dual loyalty, role boundaries, and confidentiality, with the typical dilemma in the domain of neutrality. Differences between groups were found in the domains of dual loyalty and role boundaries.