““LIFE SPACE MAPPING - AN INNOVATIVE ICT METHOD

IN CAREER GUIDANCE AND BIOGRAPHICAL

COUNSELLING ””

Dr Aneta SlowikDr Aneta SlowikCross Border Seminar Euroguidance Cross Border Seminar Euroguidance

17 -18 May 201117 -18 May 2011

BudapestBudapest

Programme of our workshopProgramme of our workshop

• Introduction of ourselves

• Mini – Lecture – Psychological concepts of a human being, Types of counselling and Multicultural Counselling

• Play – roles: METHOD OF LIFE SPACE MAPPING

• Personal reflections on work as a counsellor based on an active participation in the workshop

Mini - lecture

Three Psychological concepts of a

human being

Four major theoretical approaches or systems

in counselling

Three psychological concepts of a human being

Four major theoretical approaches or systems in counselling –

(Pedersen 1991; Hackney and Cormier 1996).

- behavioural (B.F. Skinner, J. Wolpe, A. Bandura),

- cognitive (J. Bruner, U. Neisser, J. Kozielecki),

- psychodynamic/humanist (E. Fromm, R. May, S. Freud,)/(C.R. Rogers, A.H Maslow)

- cognitive – behavioural,

- existential – humanistic,

- psychodynamic,

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Multicultural Counselling and Therapy – Multicultural Counselling and Therapy – MCTMCT – – (Sue et al. 1996)(Sue et al. 1996)

The liberation of consiousness

Meta –Theoretical Approach

Presence of culural values and

difference

Counselling in the Western

world versus in non-Western

cultures

Dominant-subordinate relationship

among culturally different groups

Counsellor and client identities

embedded in multiple levels of experiences and

contexts

MCTMCT

Multicultural Counselling and Therapy (MCT)

Play – Role

METHOD: LIFE SPACE MAPPING

LIFE SPACE MAPPING - PRINCIPLES

• Life Space Mapping is a visual representation of significant phenomena in the life of the individual

Language

Cooperation

Communication through Dialogue

Clarifying Questions

Comprehensive and Metaphorical Thinking

Meaning Making

Active Participation of the Help Seeker

LIFE SPACE MAPPING

THE PAST

THE PRESENT

THE FUTURE

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LIFE SPACE MAPPING - EXAMPLES

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

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