The advance of science and technology, the rise of mass consumerism, the deterioration of families, and other factors have enormous implications for career counseling. This digest outlines a constructivist career counseling perspective. This perspective is based on the following concepts: there are multiple realities and no single "God's eye" view of reality; humans are "self-organizing" entities and each person's life is a story, or set of stories; individuals "construct" their own selves through the interpretations they make and the actions they take; each self has several voices ("polyphonic"), such as the voice of health and well being and the voice of intimacy; people are "meaning-makers" using language and actions to make meaning out of daily activities; and people require reflection of their daily decisions to become empowered. Therefore, constructivist career counseling is a general method of life planning. It presents the counselor and client as allies, it uses receptive inquiry so that the client feels simultaneously safe and challenged, it helps clients recognize patterns of influence which shape their thinking, and it emphasizes the importance of life experience, the creation of new categories of interpreting experience, and creating meaning through activity. It rejects a reductionist and partial view of personality and social life. (RJM)