Application of vocational development theories in occupational counseling

A theory predicts and explains the future events and helps the scientist to get new findings. Vocational development theories explain individuals occupational behavior and his /her vocational decision- making process . This expectation is met when there is a relation ship between theory and practice. Today some factors such development of labor market ,job changes ,and increase in unemployment have caused the necessity of formulation of theories and their application to practice. There are different views concerning. The application of vocational theories in counseling some belive that practically there in not so much relationship between the two and there is no need for this relationship . on the other hand , other believe that there should be a distinct and defined relationship between theory and practice in vocational counseling , otherwise , the theory is definitely useless. In this arlicle, the two points of view will be criticized ,and finally it will became clear that a theory of vocational counseling is an essential necessity for practice.