Professional or Vocational Guidance?

A very special person asked me a question (by email – @gmail.com) on the question of vocation.

Nowadays, inspired by materialism, there is no longer any talk of vocation. Psychology professionals prefer to talk about Professional Guidance, rather than Vocational Guidance.

But the term Vocational Guidance was used until a few decades ago. It brings with it the idea that each one of us came into the world with a vocation, called to accomplish something that is unique to each of us. My vocation is my vocation.

As the thesis that we are born with a vocation cannot be proven, psychology is currently silent about it. Then use Professional Guidance. It guides everyone to find a profession that fits their profile, their personality.

If you show (in tests and interviews) certain personality traits, you are guided to move in a certain direction. The idea, in essence, does not change much in relation to the idea of vocation, does it? As I am, I have to follow the path I should follow.

To answer my dear reader’s question, I use two texts: the Myth of Er, by Plato and the interpretation given to it by James Hillman, an important psychologist and Jungian analyst – in the book The Code of Being, by Editora Objetiva.

I hope you like the texts and that they can serve as an inspiration for us to think about our personal vocation – what has been destined for us since before…