participate in a live chat with a career counseling expert.
This week, you will have the opportunity to participate in a live chat with a career counseling expert. This will give you a chance to learn and ask about current trends in the field of counseling, along with more specific information about helping clients who may present with career issues. If you are unable to participate in the call due to scheduling conflicts, you will have the opportunity to listen to a recording of the call.
To Prepare for this discussion:
· Participate in the call with a career expert (instructions for participation in the call will be provided in Course Announcements) or listen to the recording of the call.
· Consider the topics that the speaker addressed, and choose one topic that resonated with you as you consider the services you might provide in the future.
· From a broader perspective, consider several “takeaways” that are important for new counselors to consider as they prepare to offer career counseling services to clients.
With these thoughts in mind: Discussion Question a description of the one topic that was especially meaningful to you, along with why it was meaningful and how you will incorporate the information into your future practice. Additionally, describe what you think are the 3 main “takeaway” points from the session with the career expert.
Conference call with distinguished professor, Dr. David Capuzzi, textbook editor. This call or the recording will be required for week 5.
· 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Eastern Time
· Call-in: 866-391-9390; Conference Code: 639-123-08#
· International dial-in (404) 602-0208
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Dr. Capuzzi is a Past President of the American Counseling Association and has authored and edited numerous textbooks for counseling classes. He is a Senior Faculty Associate in the Department of Counseling and Human Services at Johns Hopkins University, and a Core Faculty member in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program here at Walden. Dr. Capuzzi has done extensive work in the areas of suicide prevention and crisis management in addition to his work in career counseling. In 2010, he earned the ACA Kathleen and Gibert Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person.
Dr. Capuzzi will address career options for clinical mental health counselors, application of theory, how the trends in our discipline have shifted over time, curre