Rejuvenate career counselling training in counsellor education

Abstract

In addressing the significant role of career counselling as a key element for the entire counselling profession, this article points to the need of strengthening career counselling training in counsellor education. It argues that counsellor training programs and counsellor educators should draw more attention to the career counselling component in training. It also proposes some considerations of consolidating and refining the career counselling component in counsellor preparation, with a focus on helping counsellor trainees acquire theoretical knowledge and accumulate clinical competency in the career counselling domain.