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ERIC Number: EJ1368363
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0306-9885
EISSN: EISSN-1469-3534
The Hegemonic Psychological Discourse and Its Implications for Career Counselling and Psychological Intervention
Lucas Casanova, M.; Costa, Patrício; Lawthom, Rebecca; Coimbra, Joaquim Luís
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, v50 n4 p515-532 2022
We examine a focus group with eight Portuguese psychologists (four career counsellors) on two quantitative studies' results focused on the psychosocial consequences of unemployment/precarity/uncertainty, exploring how do they: give meaning to the results, perceive their professional role, and think that socio-political issues influence their practice. Data were analysed through thematic social-constructionist and critical discourse analyses. Two themes (the construction of the "employable individual" and the limits of psychology), and two discourses (the hegemonic psychological discourse reflecting neoliberal discourses and adaptation to the labour market and "the social context is an aggressor" highlighting socio-political/economic roots of psychological ailments) were identified. We aim to foster a reflection on socially-just practices within career counselling, and to promote people's agency/conscientisation/emancipation and career development.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Portugal
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