Life Design Counseling Intervention: Two Case Studies on Italian Workers Using Career Construction Interview and LAQuA and CCIO as Qualitative Evaluation Tools

This chapter describes two cases studies. The first case study regards a young male physiotherapist, graduated in France, who decided to move to Italy some months after graduation to find a job in his field of specialization. He was uncertain about his future career, and he did not know the best choice for him. He participated in a life design counseling intervention at the University of Florence where he was required to complete the Life Adaptability Qualitative Assessment (LAQuA) before and after the life design counseling intervention. The second case study is relative to a personnel director of a large company in the center of Italy who participated in a narrative career counseling intervention and filled two new qualitative instruments before and after the intervention: the Life Adaptability Qualitative Assessment (LAQuA) and the Career Counseling Innovative Outcomes (CCIO). The results are discussed for the two studies, underlining the importance of using life design counseling intervention in helping people to understand themselves more deeply, identify their actual objectives, and the necessary steps in order to develop their career and life paths.