Psychology Question

Psychology Question

Instructions

Select a case scenario from the options below based on your specialty area. Use the completed career evaluation for the selected scenario for this assignment. Be sure to address the following:

1. Career Theory.
   • In this section, provide a comprehensive overview of career theory, emphasizing the three-part approach to career counseling and the shift toward a holistic approach.
     • Illustrate how career theory has evolved over time and the implications for counseling practice.
     • Support your discussion with relevant scholarly sources.
     • This section should be 1–1.5 pages.
2. Culture.
   • Evaluate the presence of minority stress and environmental barriers (for example, harassment, discrimination, et cetera) to career development within the cultural context.
     • Complete an assessment to identify these stressors and barriers.
     • Describe population-specific considerations, emphasizing the importance of cultural competence in career counseling.
     • Use scholarly sources to support your evaluation and recommendations.
     • This section should be 1–1.5 pages.
3. Assessment.
   • Provide a detailed explanation of the included assessment, including its purpose, structure, and intended population.
     • Score the assessment for the case scenario and discuss the results.
     • Evaluate the validity and reliability of the assessment.
     • Include references to scholarly sources to support your discussion.
     • This section should be 1–1.5 pages.

Additional Requirements

Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Written communication is free from errors that would detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style. Use Academic Writer for guidance in citing sources and formatting your paper in proper APA style. See the Writing Center for more APA resources specific to your degree level.
• Number of resources: A minimum of four scholarly resources (distinguished submissions will likely exceed that minimum).
• Length of paper: 3–4 typed, double-spaced pages, excluding title and reference pages.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Case Scenarios

Taylor (School Counseling)

Taylor is a 17-year-old white non-binary student. They are a high school junior planning to attend college. They will be the first in their family to attend college. Taylor has above-average grades and has exceeded the minimum score for the state university in their SAT scores, although they do not know what they want to study in college. Other than some teachers, they know very few adults with college degrees and feel that they are entering uncharted waters. The adults in their extended family work together running the family restaurant. Their family are supportive of them attending college and have many ideas about what they should study based on many of their own unfulfilled college dreams. The family wonders why Taylor does not seem to have dreams of their own. They are seeking counseling to explore their options.

Questions From the School Counselor

"Hi Taylor, it's nice to meet you. What brings you here?"

"I'm so confused and . . . well, I feel like I've been working for years to get into college. But now that it's starting to look like a reality, I have no idea why I should go. No one else in my family went to college, though a few of them really should have. And that's the other thing. I have this amazing opportunity, but I feel like if I make the wrong decisions, I'll be letting everyone down."

"How do you typically go about making decisions?"

"My parents usually decide things for me. Lately, they ask what I think more, but my mom in particular helps me figure out what I really want to do when I have to make a decision. She's really good at helping me see why something might not be good for me, even when I think it's what I want. If my folks aren't around, though, I like to think about my choices. A lot. My friends tease me that I take so long, to look at all the options, but usually, once I make a decision, I'm happy with it."

"If you had to choose a path today, what might it be?"

"That's why I'm here! I have no idea. Which makes me think, I shouldn't waste everyone's money and time going to college after all. Which . . . that makes me really sad to say that, because I really want to go to college, but I don't really know why I do. I don't know . . . when I was a little kid, I used to pretend to be a doctor. All my dolls had Band-Aids all over them and a couple even had amputations, though that's sort of gross, isn't it? But becoming a doctor—how many doctors bus tables after school at their parents' restaurant?"

The therapist decides to have Taylor take the RIASEC counseling assessment.

Taylor's RIASEC Assessment [PDF] document has Taylor's responses on the RIASEC assessment. COMPLETE THE MY INTEREST CODE ON PAGE ONE OF THE RIASEC ASSESSMENT AT THE BOTTOM.