interventions helped to address the needs of those who may fell outside of a traditional

norm group. They also found the narrative approach well suited for group counseling in

that the members served as both participant and audience and, in that way, helped to

shape their own career narratives and the narratives of others.

 Postmodern Career Developing Research

 Although new theories and proposed models of postmodern career developing

have now been in the literature for twenty years, very little practical research on the

application of these concepts have been documented. The proposed research project

should add to this small body of literature.

 Frick (1983) developed an event description he titled the "Symbolic Growth

Experience" or SGE. An SGE is a moment of clarity and deeper understanding brought

about by external events or by internal, unconscious processes. Frick explained that, in

these moments, people become reflective and profound self-interpreters and creative

agents in further growth.

 Important integrating moments bring the potential for corrective action or

development and the Symbolic Growth Experience can be induced through the

introduction of experiences (Frick, 1983). By using the SGE as a development tool,

counselors can tap into their transforming power to help a client move forward

Activities and actions that help to induce these moments of clarity can be helpful in the

process (Frick, 1983).

 In 1992, Neimeyer expanded personal construct theory into vocational assessment

and discussed two intervention examples. He described personal construct theory as the

idea that people actively interpret the meaning of their own experiences. Constructs are