Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) as a career counselling strategy

Hoare, P. Nancey; McIlveen, Peter; Hamilton, Nadine

doi:10.1007/s10775-012-9224-9

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“…In various disciplines of psychology, it is evident that making sense of difficult experiences such as pain, severe stress, and suffering will have an impact on mental health. Central tenets within acceptance commitment therapy is to help people accept the things they cannot change, have courage to change the things they can, and have the wisdom to know the difference (adapted Serenity Prayer by Niebuhr) [42]. Consequently, our findings will be discussed based on coaches' perception and sense-making of the process where they got fired.…”

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Elite Football Coaches Experiences and Sensemaking about Being Fired: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

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Lemyre

2020

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Background: Chronic job insecurity seems to be a prominent feature within elite sport, where coaches work under pressure of dismissals if failing to meet performance expectations of stakeholders. The aim of the current study was to get a deeper understanding of elite football coaches’ experiences of getting fired and how they made sense of that process. Method: A qualitative design using semi-structured interviews was conducted with six elite football coaches who were fired within the same season. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was chosen as framework to analyze the data. Results: The results reflected five emerging themes: Acceptance of having an insecure job, working for an unprofessional organization and management, micro-politics in the organization, unrealistic and changing performance expectation, and emotional responses. Conclusion: All coaches expressed awareness and acceptance regarding the risk of being fired. However, they experienced a lack of transparency and clear feedback regarding the causes of dismissal. This led to negative emotional reactions as the coaches experienced being evaluated by poorly defined expectations and by anonymous stakeholders. Sports organizations as employers should strive to be transparent during dismissal. In addition, job insecurity is a permanent stressor for coaches and should be acknowledged and targeted within coach education.

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Elite Football Coaches Experiences and Sensemaking about Being Fired: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

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2020

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“…enhance affective well-being (Hoare et al, 2012). Persistence or self-discipline to control uncertainty can cause emotional exhaustion (e.g., Kuhn, Goldberg, & Compton, 2009) which might reduce resources from other areas important to LS.…”

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Career Identity and Life Satisfaction

Garrison

Lee

Ali

2016

Journal of Career Development

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Identity formation is considered as a key factor in the conceptualization of life satisfaction (LS). Recent volatility in labor markets has negatively influenced college students' LS and attending to the relationship between their career identity (CI) and LS has become important for career researchers and counselors. The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effects of tolerance for uncertainty (TU) and emotions (positive affect [PA] and negative affect [NA]) in the relationship between CI development and LS. The hypotheses were tested among 199 college students in a prestigious South Korean university. The results indicate that TU and emotions mediate the effects of CI on LS. Based on these findings, career counselors are encouraged to help college students understand the synergy of TU and development of CI, which may increase their sense of LS.

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“…Evidence for practical utility of these integrations would open doors, as there are many other tools within CBT and other theoretical approaches that could potentially enrich chaos career counselling methods. For example, concepts of letting go of controlling the uncontrollable and committing to personal values in acceptance and commitment theory may be useful in helping clients make career decisions that are consistent with their values (Hoare, McIlveen, & Hamilton, 2012).…”

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Helping highly anxious clients embrace chaos and career uncertainty using cognitive behavioural techniques

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Amundson

Alden

2014

Australian Journal of Career Development

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A primary tenet of Pryor and Bright's Chaos Theory of Careers is that our world is full of change and unpredictability. When it comes to career development, rather than relying solely on good planning, one should accept and embrace unexpected changes and think creatively about possibilities. Although the Chaos Theory of Careers approach to counselling is logical and relevant to the real world, it may not be applied easily to clients with high levels of anxiety and low tolerance of uncertainty. The current paper explores the challenges of providing chaos career counselling to highly anxious clients. Borrowing concepts from a cognitive behavioural theory model for generalized anxiety disorder, this paper suggests several techniques from the cognitive behavioural theory literature that may facilitate chaos career counselling for anxious clients.

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Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) as a career counselling strategy

Cited by 17 publications

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Elite Football Coaches Experiences and Sensemaking about Being Fired: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Elite Football Coaches Experiences and Sensemaking about Being Fired: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Career Identity and Life Satisfaction

Helping highly anxious clients embrace chaos and career uncertainty using cognitive behavioural techniques

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