Culturally Appropriate Career Counseling Model

The field of Career counseling has gained increased recognition over the past several years and was developed to meet the needs of a society during the industrial age shift from rural to urban living and has extended its focus during other transitional periods of changes in how and where individuals work and live (Firman, 2014). Fundamental to career counseling movement is Frank Parsons, who is considered the father of the career guidance movement (Zunker, 2012). Career development is considered a crucial aspect of life where an abundance of research has been conducted over the past years to explain its significance. Change is an inevitable part of life thus making it important for individuals to know and understand how their decisions affect their career choices. Individuals are constantly experiencing growth which ultimately results in them making changes in
Byars- Winston et al., (2006) further examined the Culturally Appropriate Career Counseling Model and offer an expansion of the model through incorporating metacognitive processes. Culture is believed to play a significant role in individuals’ career decision making, but the extent to which it does remains unknown. It is therefore imperative that career counselors try to understand clients’ concerns within their cultural context in an attempt to better understand how the differences in experiences affect their development and career choices or the limitation thereof. For career counselors to incorporate effective interventions when working with racial and ethnic minorities, they have to include the life experiences, worldview, and multiple identities of the client into identifying problems and in formulating