Mark Savickas’ theory as an inspiration for professional counselling aimed at adults enhanced with the application of Diagnostic and Simulation Games Method

Abstract

In case of adult learners, the process of professional counselling, diagnosing of professional predispositions or providing support for learners in their professional career construction frequently requires the application of different methods and techniques than the ones applied in case of younger learners. In this article the author presents how Mark Savickas’ career construction theory and narrative career counselling are applied in the project titled From diagnosis to action in order to work out the model of innovative tool for diagnosing competences and professional predispositions of adult learners – that is the Diagnostic and Simulation Games Method’. The diagnostic and simulation games, developed on the basis of M. Savickas’ career construction theory, are the interactive and original work methods owing to which each adult learner may obtain many various answers to such questions as: which career to construct?, how to accomplish it? and what motivates me to act?