Guiding Pre-Teens in Career Exploration: A Creative Arts Approach

How do you move beyond the cliché of, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” when talking to pre-teens about their futures and the world of work? As clinicians, we need developmentally appropriate tools to guide our young clients in these career conversations while not adding to the many social pressures they already experience. The CACCI protocol demonstrated in this video will provide you with an empirically-proven, play-based, group-centered technique designed to facilitate self-expression and career exploration for children ages nine and older. And whether you work in a private practice, community or school setting, these live demonstrations of CACCI will give you tools you can use to set the stage for the independent thinking and self-awareness your young clients may someday parlay into a career choice.

Watching these demonstrations by an expert CACCI-trained child counselor along with rich conversations between Psychotherapy.net founder Victor Yalom and CACCI creator Natalya Lindo, will deepen your appreciation for and ability to apply this dynamic approach to career counseling with your young clients. Experiencing the power of this creative/expressive intervention will enhance your own ability to integrate career planning into your treatment. And the rich accompanying CACCI training materials will help you to facilitate your client’s creative self-expression and social awareness while allowing for individualized attention to and support of their awakening vocational self-awareness.