Professionalisation for New Zealand Career Practice: Lessons to Learn, Challenges to Meet.

Abstract

The New Zealand Association of Counsellors has been engaged in a professionalisation process for counselling in New Zealand since the mid-1980s. The issues surrounding professionalisation have been well documented in the New Zealand Journal of Counselling. The Career Practitioners Association of New Zealand is now attempting to establish a professional environment for career practice in New Zealand. In this article, the author suggests that professionalisation for career practice involves many of the same issues that were salient for counselling, and that professionalisation of career practice would be facilitated by referring to counselling's experience. Critical issues and needed steps for professionalisation of career practice are further identified in the article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)