Week 5.

Reading the Guidon and Hanna Article this week, really made me reflect on things that have happened in my life that given me the "aha" moment. It also made me think, "Are the things that have worked out in my life been a coincidence or have truly happened for a reason? In my post I discussed my coincidence moment. I was just about to give up my apartment and call my teaching job search off in Lancaster County. I knew I wanted to stay in the area, but could not support myself financially unless I landed a full-time teaching position. For those of you who know the world of education, it is difficult to find a full-time teaching position as someone who has no experience, and in the middle of December. The day after I received an email from Dr. Long that told me  that she passed my name along for a full-time special education position in the School District of Lancaster. I ended up getting the job and loving it. It has been a year and a half, and don't get me wrong, It has definitely had its challenges however, especially being in a city school, however I enjoy my job and the rewards it gives me. 


The case studies in the article really interested me. The first form with the first case study made me weary if they were actually even real case studies. For his best friend to randomly have a press that the client wanted all along to fulfill his life-long dream is not just a coincidence! It was a crazy coincidence. The second form, however, to me was making the unconscious, conscious. It was showing something that would eventually happen in the future. I thought it was very interesting. The last case study, also made the unconscious, conscious. For the dream to transform after the client became happen was extraordinary. This article has really enlightened me to different theories, ideas, and concepts, I did not even think about it when initially thinking about the idea of career development. 

Reading posts from other students in the class, is very beneficial, however I really connected with the posts that Kyle and Caitlynn wrote. The ideas and articles that were posted by each of them added depth and knowledge to me about this concept. I also enjoyed reading about the forms of Jung's synchronicity that each of them have experience throughout their life times. It just shows you how chance and coincidences are live and well. Counselors must embrace them and work with them and the clients, in order to be successful.  


Guindon, M., & Hanna, F. (2002). Coincidence, happenstance, serendipity, fate, or the hand of God: Case studies in synchronicity. The Career Development Quarterly, 50, 195-208.