Recorded Member Mentoring Webinar

Dealing with Trauma in Career Conversations

By Dr. Lee Richmond
Recorded January 24, 2022

Trauma is a name that we give to experiences that cause us deep psychological pain. Individuals experience painful events differently depending on the age of the individual, the degree of resiliency one has, the intensity of the stressor, and whether it was a one-time event or reoccurring experience or series of happenings.  However, there are several general actions we can take. A traumatized person needs to feel safe. Both mindfulness exercises and somatic exercises can help to bring calm.  Somatic memory is neurological (deeply embedded). Rather than focusing on the past, the career practitioner should begin working with the now and what can be done in the now to ease the pain. This webinar is focused on helping clients work through individual traumatic events effecting a client’s career choices, and also on the traumatic effects of both natural disasters and those created by humans.

Lee J. Richmond, PhD, Professor Emerita, Loyola University Maryland, is a licensed psychologist in the State of Maryland. Her books include co-editor of Connections Between Spirit and Work, co-author of Soulwork: How to Find the Work You Love: How to Love the Work You Have, and What Brings You to Life?: Awakening Women’s Spiritual Essence. She is a fellow and past president of both the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and the American and Counseling Association, and a Distinguished Senior Contributor to the Division of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association.

Recorded Webinar

Mental Health in the Workplace: A Facilitated Discussion

Dr. Roberta Borgen (Neault)

Recorded January 5, 2023

Mental health challenges have escalated globally during the pandemic, across sectors, professions, and regions. Some of the most common concerns relate to isolation, financial stress, relational breakdowns, anxiety, and trauma. Career development professionals are not immune to this – and can be doubly impacted as we deal with our own challenges while trying to help others manage theirs. Join Dr. Roberta Borgen (Neault) for a facilitated discussion on what mental health challenges are most prevalent within your context, how to open up conversations about mental health and wellbeing, and how to strengthen resilience during challenging times.

Dr. Roberta Borgen (Neault), PhD, President of Life Strategies Ltd. and Adjunct Professor in Counselling Psychology at the University of British Columbia, is co-developer of the Career Engagement model and has extensive experience as an educator and counsellor supporting individuals and organizations with transitions, engagement, and strategies to maximize their success.

Recorded Webinar

The Use of Metaphors in Career Development

by Norm Amundson
Recorded on February 12, 2018

Story telling is an integral part of career development. A key component within stories are the metaphors being used by clients, counsellors and coaches. Metaphors encourage imagination, add clarity, and help to build understanding. In this presentation, he will be expanding on many of the themes (and metaphors) included in his book “Metaphor Making” and will be exploring the dynamics of metaphors and analogical reasoning. He also will be sharing some practical career development exercises that build upon metaphors and lead to greater self-awareness, clarity, and action. This session will be of interest to a broad range of career educators and practitioners.

Recorded Webinar

Employment Insecurity during the Time of COVID-19: Strategies for Career Practitioners

By Dr. David Blustein
Recorded on August 12, 2020

Unemployment, underemployment, precarious work along with uncertainty about the future have quickly emerged as a crisis within the pandemic crisis, affecting millions of people around the globe. The COVID-19 crisis has ruptured already fragile systems in nearly all sectors of life, including work, mental health, social and economic disparities, and of course, our physical health. Using breakout groups and a review of recent psychological and economic trends, this webinar will review the major work-based challenges of employment insecurity that are most relevant for the participants. Practice ideas that are informed by new theoretical innovations in career development (e.g., psychology of working theory) will be presented to support the challenging work of career practitioners during this difficult period.

David L. Blustein, Ph.D., is a Professor and Duggane Faculty Fellow in the Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College.  David is the author of The Psychology of Working: A New Perspective for Career Development, Counseling, and Public Policy and the recently published The Importance of Work in an Age of Uncertainty: The Eroding Experience of Work in America.  He has contributed journal articles, book chapters, and advocacy work on unemployment, integrative mental health and work-based interventions, psychology of working theory, decent work, precarious work, relationships and work, and other aspects of the role of work in people’s lives.

Recorded Webinar

What Brings You to Life?

By Dr. Lee Richmond
Recorded on November 4, 2020

Based on an upbeat book by the same title, this workshop by one of the book’s authors stresses how to enable counselors to help discover what enlivens and deepens their connections to their own spirituality. Participants will discover their own sources of energy. Through thoughtful reflection and conversation, participants will learn how to tap into what enlivens them, what prompts people to give of themselves to others and to discover what gifts they would benefit from giving to themselves.

Cost: Free to Members, Non-members: High-income area professional $10, Student $5; Not high-income professional $5, Student $2.50

Lee J. Richmond, PhD, Professor Emerita, Loyola University Maryland, is a licensed psychologist in the State of Maryland. Her books include co-editor of Connections Between Spirit and Work, co-author of Soulwork: How to Find the Work You Love: How to Love the Work You Have, and What Brings You to Life?: Awakening Women’s Spiritual Essence. She is a fellow and past president of both the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and the American and Counseling Association, and a Distinguished Senior Contributor the Division of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association.

Webinar

Employee Career Development: Creating a Hopeful Environment

By Dr. Hyung Joon Yoon

Recorded  July 29, 2021

Today, employee career development is more important than ever, accelerated by new norms of working. Join us as we explore how the concept of hope can be infused into employee career development.

Through this webinar, we will learn about 35 HR interventions that could be used for employees in different job-based career stages; and concrete and general directions for supporting employee career development in turbulent times, such as the pandemic. If you work for an organization, you will be able to assess the quality of organizational career development practices. 

Dr Hyung Joon Yoon is an Associate Professor for Workforce Education and Development at Pennsylvania State University. His research centers on utilizing hope, human agency for individuals and organisations.  He co-developed Hope-Action Theory and the Hope-Action Inventory, and he is one of the co-authors of Career Recovery: Creating Hopeful Careers in Difficult Times. Dr Hyung is also Associate Editor of Human Resource Development Review, a premier theory-building journal in the Human Resources field. He was designated as an NCDA Fellow in 2020 for his significant contributions to the field of career development.

Recorded Member Mentoring Webinar

Stress Management and Motivation in the Workplace

by Mohammad Ali Khalid,PhD., Bangladesh

Recorded on November 18, 2021

This webinar is designed to increase awareness of the factors which produce stress in the workplace, effective ways of dealing with these factors, and ways to increase the motivation and productivity.  This webinar will be helpful to either individuals experiencing stress or managers who desire more productive employees. It is also helpful to career practitioners who work with either type of client and wish to help their clients improve their stress management skills for themselves or their employees.

Dr. Mohammad Khalid has worked in Business Development, Human Capital Development, and Training and Logistics Management for the last 40 years at home and abroad in Multinational Corporations. He is on the faculty of the MBA & EMBA Program at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), Bangladesh and has director similar academic programs at other institutions. He is also a well-known keynote speaker at national and international conferences.