Career construction counseling: A thematic analysis of outcomes for four clients

•I use a thematic analysis involving four participants.•I examine the value of career construction counseling in bringing about change.•Data analysis yielded a number of themes and subthemes.•The gap between the practice and theory of career counseling is narrowed.•Participants are helped to achieve change (transformation).

Thematic analysis was used in this study of career construction counseling with four diverse, purposively-selected participants. After the intervention, the participants who sought and received career construction counseling were interviewed to determine their experience of the intervention. The results showed the value of career construction counseling in bringing about change in the participants' career-life stories.