What elements of Happenstance overlap or compliment Chaos Theory of Careers and in what ways are they different or unique? Give an example using a brief case of how you might use Chaos Theory of Careers with a client who is struggling with a recent loss of employment or ability that will impact their future career opportunities.

Instruction:
HAPPENSTANCE THEORY:
John Krumboltz, a true visionary in career development who created the theory of planned happenstance.
Read about his theory in Chapter 2 of the text and see resources below
Krumboltz’s Social-Learning Theory of Career Counseling , Learning Theory of Career Counseling , and Happenstance Theory of Career Counseling in 5 minutes (video)
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vYZqXks9OE

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVGA1cQX4D4
Questions:
For this week’s discussion, please compare and contrast the elements of Happenstance Theory and Chaos Theory of Careers. Use the following questions as a guide, and feel free to add or expand the information your provide as it pertains to your understanding and application of the theories to your work with clients/students.
Which theory speaks to your own career journey and why ?

What elements of Happenstance overlap or compliment Chaos Theory of Careers and in what ways are they different or unique?
Give an example using a brief case of how you might use Chaos Theory of Careers with a client who is struggling with a recent loss of employment or ability that will impact their future career opportunities.
Give an example using a brief case of how you might use Happenstance Theory with a client or student who is struggling with career indecision.
1. Which theory speaks to your own career journey and why ?
2. What elements of Happenstance overlap or compliment Chaos Theory of Careers and in what ways are they different or unique?
Give an example using a brief case of how you might use Happenstance Theory with a client or student who is struggling with career indecision.
In the guest video with Dr. Morgan, she talks primarily about Happenstance theory. She speaks about how Happenstance theory led her to her current practice with adolescents. She spoke about how she infuses aspects of Happenstance theory into work with clients such as advocating for ongoing learning in skill development and ongoing self-assessment. She describes these as helping clients look inward at themselves to see how they could better improve themselves and their ongoing situation whether that be in their relationships in their personal lives or in their careers. She also utilizes discussions about work life balance and how there is truly never a balance, she describes it as a pendulum and relates it to describing to clients how they could at one moment be doing great at work or be really connected to their personal life, but not putting pressure on the client to make it seem like it is always a perfect balance.

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1.  Which theory speaks to your own career journey and why (provide a specific example of how the theory played out in your life)?
2.  What elements of Happenstance overlap or compliment Chaos Theory of Careers and in what ways are they different or unique?
3.   Give an example using a brief case of how you might use Chaos Theory of Careers with a client who is struggling with a recent loss of employment or ability that will impact their future career opportunities.
What elements of Happenstance overlap or compliment Chaos Theory of Careers and in what ways are they different or unique?
Give an example using a brief case of how you might use Chaos Theory of Careers with a client who is struggling with a recent loss of employment or ability that will impact their future career opportunities.
Give an example using a brief case of how you might use Happenstance Theory with a client or student who is struggling with career indecision.

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