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Examining the Process and Outcome of Career Counseling for Different Types of Career Counseling Clients

The University of Texas at Austin, aaron.rochlen{at}mail.utexas.edu

Lynne Milburn

The University of Texas at Austin

Clara E. Hill

University of Maryland at College Park

Using cluster analysis, we identified two types of career counseling clients: (a) Clients with moderate levels of career-related distress, discomfort, and uncertainty and (b) clients with high levels of career concerns, personal distress, and stigma about career counseling. The more distressed group expressed lower evaluations of a career counseling session and perceived their counselors as providing fewer action-oriented counseling skills than the less distressed group. No differences emerged in terms of client's perceptions of the therapeutic relationship. The practical implications and limitations of these results are discussed.

Key Words: career counseling types • cluster analysis • career counseling outcome research.

Journal of Career Development, Vol. 30, No. 4, 263-275 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/089484530403000403


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