Professor Robert Pryor
BA (Hons), PhD, FAPS, FCDAA, MIAAPS, MNCDA, MIACMP, MIAEVG
Member, College of Organisational Psychologists
Registered Psychologist (NSW).
Professor Robert Pryor is the Managing Director of CONGRUENCE Pty Ltd. He has held this position since 1988. He has worked in the field of vocational counselling and psychological assessment since 1974. Robert worked for 17 years in government agencies counselling and researching in the fields of career counselling, career development, test construction, programme evaluation and labour market policy. Since that time he has worked for a variety of consultancies in addition to CONGRUENCE in the vocational, organisational and rehabilitation fields. Robert has taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels since 1983 variously at the University of Sydney, Macquarie University and the University of New South Wales. For three years Professor Pryor was the Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the School of Psychology, University of New South Wales. In 2006 he was invited to become the Adjunct Professor in the School of Education of the Australian Catholic University, National. This commenced in September, 2006.
Robert's doctoral thesis focused on the values and preferences that people seek in work. His publication list includes over 150 research papers, over 80 journal articles, over 10 book chapters and the construction of over 20 psychological tests. His professional contributions include being on the Ethics Committee of the Australian Psychological Society for 15 years and the Ethical Guidelines Committee for a further 7 years. In addition he has served on several national and international journal editorial boards. At present he is on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Australian Journal of Career Development. Professor Pryor has been a regular presenter at professional conferences since 1980 and has been a keynote speaker for the Australian Association of Career Counsellors on several occasions. Robert has run numerous training programs for counsellors over the last three decades on topics as varied as professional ethics, psychological assessment, report writing, counseling techniques, career development theory, negotiation, presentation techniques, rehabilitation counseling, job placement, chaos theory and case management. With Professor Jim Bright he is a leading theorist in the application of chaos theory to career development and life transition.
In 2006 Professor Pryor was honoured with Fellow status by the Australian Psychological Society in recognition of his status in the profession, his contribution to the work of the APS and his professional contribution to the field.
In 2007 he was made a Fellow of the Career Development Association of
Australia. With Professor James Bright, he has pioneered the application of
chaos theory to career development.
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