Blog 10: Chaos Theory

1. Theorist:

• Robert Pryor
• Jim Bright

2. Theory:

• Views individuals as being complex dynamic systems
• As individuals grow and develop they are subject to many different and continually changing life challenges
• As career unfolds they find themselves dealing with such challenges as unplanned events, nonlinear change unpredictability and continual change. 
• Four types of attraction called attractors:
1. Point attractor
2. Pendulum attractor
3. Torus attractor
4. Strange attractor
• Eleven phase shifts that counselors need to pay attention:
1. From prediction to prediction and pattern making
2. Plans to plans and planning
3. Narrowing down to being focused on openness
4. Control to controlled flexibility
5. Risk as failure to risk as endeavor
6. Probabilities to probably possibilities 
7. Goals, roles, and routines to meaning, mattering and black swans
8. Informing to informing and transforming
9. Normative thinking to normative and scalable thinking
10. Knowing in advance to living with emergence
11. Trust as control to trust as faith

3. External Video:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrpC0pZHUe4

Gysbers, N.C, Heppner, M. J., & Johnston, J. A. (2014). Career Counseling: Holism, Diversity, and Strengths. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association. (4th ed).