Integrating pictorial narratives in the my career story into practice

Pictorial Narratives represent a constructionist, narrative-informed approach to career construction that involves the use of client-produced and client-interpreted drawings of their problem and preferred outcome stories. The intervention emphasizes the need to reflect on meaning by creating a therapeutic space in which clients can reconstruct, or re-author, new life stories that resonate with their values, interests, and life themes. Pictorial Narratives help the constructionist career practitioner listen to not only the spoken accounts of the story, but also for important clues in the client’s story that are not-yet-said—the sometimes fragmentary pieces of experience that suggest what the client’s internal frame of reference might look and feel like. In this workshop, participants will (1) understand the theoretical assumptions upon which the Pictorial Narrative model is based; (2) become familiar with the Pictorial Narrative process by engaging in it experientially, and (3) learn how Pictorial Narratives can be applied in career construction. In addition, participants will engage in lively discussion about the Pictorial Narrative process.

JEANNE TAYLOR

Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
Supervision Endorsement, Private Practice

Jeanne Taylor earned her Master’s degree in Counseling from the University of Akron with a specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy in 1997. Since 2002, she has served as adjunct faculty and clinical supervisor in the counseling programs at the University of Akron, Kent State University, and John Carroll University. In addition, she is an experienced practitioner of Life-Design Counseling for Career Construction and has used life-design discourse to address the career concerns of a diverse clientele. She is a doctoral candidate in Counselor Education & Supervision at Kent State University and works as a private practitioner in Bath, Ohio.
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