Creativity: Career Counselling using Creative Approaches

Workshop Overview:

Creativity is a valuable component of career development counselling, helping practitioners engage clients in meaningful and productive conversations. Career decisions often involve uncertainty, personal reflection, and complex emotions that can be difficult to explore through traditional counselling approaches alone. Creative methods provide alternative ways for clients to express their thoughts, explore their experiences, and engage more deeply in the career development process.

By incorporating tools such as metaphors, storytelling, visual activities, and reflective exercises, practitioners can create more flexible and client-centred counselling experiences. These approaches encourage self-awareness, challenge limiting beliefs, and help clients uncover new perspectives and possibilities. Ultimately, creativity supports clients to gain greater clarity, build confidence in their decision-making, and develop career pathways that are aligned with their strengths, values, and aspirations.

Topics Covered:

• The importance of Creativity
• Visual representation
• The use of metaphors
• Barriers and Creativity
• Benefits of Creativity use
• Lego Serious Play
• Card sorts and Creativity
• Creativity and Reflection
• The Creative Presence
• Musical Influences
• When Creativity is the barrier
• Rich Pictures
• Planning and Embracing Creativity

Suitable for:

• These workshops are suitable for all Career Practitioners

Duration:

• 1 Day Workshop (face to face)

Competency Based Learning:

CICA Core Competencies:

• Career development theory (1b)
• Communication and interpersonal skills (3a 3b 3c)
• Ethical practice (4b 4c)
• Diversity and inclusion (5a 5b)
• Digital literacy, Emerging Technologies and Information Management (6b)
• Professional practice application (7a 7b)

CICA Specialised Competencies:

• Career assessment (S1)
• Career counselling (S2)
• Career development program delivery (S3)
• Diverse clients (S4)
• Research skills (S7)

Upcoming Workshop Dates

Disclaimer:
To ensure the best possible workshop experience, our workshops require a minimum of 10 participants. If the minimum number is not reached, we’ll be in touch to offer you an alternative date or a full refund.

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Group Bookings:

Training is conducted nationally to suit you or your industry partners and all training is customised to meet the needs of learners who may have different work experiences, service specialistions, and specific client cohort needs. For groups of 10+ please contact: Kerry Brookes (RTO Manager) on (03) 9433 8076 or email: kerry.brookes@acce.org.au

Booking Queries:

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