Reflective competency refers to the career professional's ability to identify and critically evaluate the basic conceptions, values and attitudes related to working as a career professional, as well as thinking and operating models. It also means the ability to assess the ethical and philosophical principles behind one's actions and thinking, as well as the acquisition of their professional identity and competency. Reflective competency enables a critical and transformational approach in the refinement of one's work and in the development of the various operating environments of guidance in collaboration with clients, various actors and stakeholders in their field.