Facing Yourself at Work: Using the Gestalt Two-Chair Technique to Support Career Development and Professional Identity

By Hannah Carter

Career practitioners and educators can use the Gestalt two-chair technique to help clients, students, and supervisees explore personal and professional identities, resolve “stuck” career issues, and support growth at work. This practical and adaptable method invites dialogue between parts of self, promoting clarity, empowerment, and action in career development.

Creativity, Flexibility and Self-Efficacy in an Online Flipped Classroom Model

By Chaiqua A. Harris

Digitization has emerged as a widespread characteristic of the contemporary academic landscape. Counselor educators are having to find creative ways to provide students with foundational knowledge and clinical experience while improving student self-efficacy. The author provides counselor educators with creative and flexible ways to instruct an online flipped classroom model.

When One Career Waits: Counseling the Partner Who Stepped Back

By Tiffany Spatz

As dual-career couples become increasingly common, career practitioners are encountering clients whose distress is rooted in the vocational compromises their partnerships have required. The partner who steps back often presents with diminished motivation, a sense of loss, and resentment. Practitioners can examine and respond by using practical strategies and career construction and systems theories to address the relational dynamics at play.

Using Social Cognitive Career Theory to Empower Black, Indigenous, and People of Color High School Students

By Melissa Mallory & Linda J. M. Holloway

Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) high school students often face systemic barriers that influence career development and educational experiences. This article examines culturally responsive career strategies, using Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), to empower BIPOC students to overcome barriers and pursue meaningful educational experiences.

The AI Literacy Gap in Career Services: Addressing the Future of Work

By Madina Akhmetova

Post-secondary career centers are adopting AI rapidly, but primarily for document production. This article examines what that data reveals about a deeper gap: career services professionals’ readiness to understand AI-driven labor market changes, use AI as an intelligence tool, and guide students through career uncertainty. It offers three practical approaches to start closing this gap.

Helping Clients Bounce Back after Workplace Incivility

By Tarae Terry

Workplace incivility consists of disruptive behaviors that can have a negative impact on employees and organizations. Some individuals develop health issues and step away from the workforce in response to these behaviors. Career practitioners can support individuals looking to return to work after such an experience by helping them regain confidence and navigate the complexities of the workplace.

Charting the Unknown: Putting Possibility on the Map

By Kathi Brown

Uncertainty is part of career development and the unknown is where exploration begins. Using the theme of the annual poetry and art content, all career development professionals can invite people of all ages to reflect, get creative and explore. Celebrate! November is National Career Development Month!

Create a 60-Second Career Short

Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) can turn your own sources into a roughly 60-second vertical video. Upload a career handout, article, or presentation, open Studio → Video Overview → Short, and tell it what to emphasize. The finished video can be downloaded and reused on a website, LMS, or social channel. Gemini Notebook has standard access without a paid plan, although usage limits apply and features can change.

Tip Provided by Angie Thompson, Angie.thompson@mso.umt.edu