Philosophical Issues in Counseling and Psychotherapy

Encounters with Four Questions about Knowing, Effectiveness, and Truth

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

AvJames T. Hansen,James T. Hansen,James T. Hansen

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To become a counselor or psychotherapist, one must learn a confusing and conceptually disconnected array of theories, techniques, and ideologies. For instance, CBT, humanistic, and psychodynamic interventions have virtually opposite conceptual foundations, but they are all used to help clients. What principles, however, connect the various movements, trends, and methods of helping? In Philosophical Issues in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Encounters with Four Questions about Knowing, Effectiveness, and Truth, James T. Hansen asks and proposes beginning resolutions to four fundamental philosophical questions about knowing, effectiveness, and truth that are designed to unite and give meaning to diverse and seemingly contradictory models of helping: What does it mean to know a client? What makes counseling effective? Are truths discovered or created in the counseling relationship? Should counselors abandon the idea of truth? Although these questions are complex, Hansen provides plain language answers that make the material accessible to readers who have no formal education in philosophy. Furthermore, he addresses these questions in the context of his personal struggles to find meaning—making the book an engaging and highly enjoyable reading experience.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-11-21
Mått160 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt386 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor166
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781442228771
UtmärkelserWinner of AHC Hollis Award 2014

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James T. Hansen is a professor at Oakland University in the Department of Counseling. His primary scholarly interests are philosophical and theoretical issues in counseling and critical examination of contemporary mental health culture. Dr. Hansen has published about fifty refereed articles in leading counseling journals. He is also the co-editor of an award winning book on humanism. Dr. Hansen has over twenty-five years of experience as a practitioner, supervisor, and consultant.

In Philosophical Issues in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Encounters With Four Questions About Knowing, Effectiveness and Truth, James Hansen asks and proposes beginning resolutions to four fundamental questions about knowing, effectiveness and truth. Through exploring the intersection of philosophy, history, culture, power, language and theory, Hansen is able to weave a synthesis of logic that provides counselors, counselor educators and counselors-in-training with a unified view of helping that transcends conventional epistemology. I heartily recommend this book as essential reading for counselors, psychologists and social workers. This book should also be in the reading list of all theories of counseling courses.