Discussion Question

Examine the vignette below. Identify relevant career maturity issues or components-
Then offer a suggestion for how a counselor might assist the client in her/his career
development-

You have been working an 11th grade student named Mia for the past three months for
mental health counseling b/c her brother had died in an accident and her parents
thought she needed grief counseling. In addition to talking about the loss of her brother
she has expressed a great deal of stress and anxiety about her college and career
plans. She is enrolled in a very rigorous college preparatory program at a local high
scth and makes all A’s- She has considering many different post-secondary options
in the past year including taking a year off to backpack through Europe and paint, pre-
med at a prestigious University, nursing at a community college, acting at a fine arts
school, journalism at a state college, and computer engineering at MIT-