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Title:	Creative Career and Life Management.
Language:	English
Authors:	McIvor, Brian, Hawkins, Peter
Peer Reviewed:	N
Page Count:	10
Publication Date:	2003
Intended Audience:	Counselors; Practitioners
Document Type:	Opinion Papers
Descriptors:	Career Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Client Relationship, Foreign Countries, Life Events, Role Models
Geographic Terms:	United Kingdom
Abstract:	The central theme of this paper is that, as practitioners, career counselors must both watch things and make things happen in their own lives, and really practice what they preach in order to truly inspire and energize their clients. This paper explores three things: the elements of Working, Learning, Playing, and Giving and the way they fit together in counselors' lives-- using life stories as the material for investigation and for role modeling; some of the practical and creative tools the authors have developed on a joint English/Irish project which has been running for the last two years; and lessons the authors have learned from working across national boundaries. (GCP)
Entry Date:	2004
Accession Number:	ED480509
Database:	ERIC

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Abstract:	The central theme of this paper is that, as practitioners, career counselors must both watch things and make things happen in their own lives, and really practice what they preach in order to truly inspire and energize their clients. This paper explores three things: the elements of Working, Learning, Playing, and Giving and the way they fit together in counselors' lives-- using life stories as the material for investigation and for role modeling; some of the practical and creative tools the authors have developed on a joint English/Irish project which has been running for the last two years; and lessons the authors have learned from working across national boundaries. (GCP)