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...
To become a counselor or psychotherapist, one must learn a confusing and conceptually disconnected array of theories, techniques, and ideologies. For ...
The creation of meaning is a central feature of human life. The full spectrum of experience, from joyful, devoted living to unbearable psychological suffering, is orchestrated by the meanings that people endorse and create. Meaning Systems and Mental Health Culture: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Counseling and Psychotherapy examines the intersection of meaning systems, mental health culture, and counseling and psychotherapy. By viewing mental health care through the lenses of culture and history, James T. Hansen argues that a defining element of mental health culture, throughout...
The creation of meaning is a central feature of human life. The full spectrum of experience, from joyful, devoted living to unbearable psychological s...
In Postmodern Perspectives on Contemporary Counseling Issues, the effective treatment of issues such as trauma, addiction, eating disorders, unemployment, and couples counseling are illustrated with numerous case examples. Rich descriptions of the implementation of postmodern approaches and techniques make this text ideal for counselors, psychotherapists, and other helping professionals.
In Postmodern Perspectives on Contemporary Counseling Issues, the effective treatment of issues such as trauma, addiction, eating disorders, unemploym...
