The authors reply to J. T. Hansen's (2005) call for the profession to revalue the inner subjective experiences (ISE) of clients. Hansen argued that social constructionism has influenced the decline of the counseling profession by obscuring its unique focus on ISE. The authors maintain that social co
Consequences of the Postmodernist Vision: Diversity as the Guiding Value for the Counseling Profession
β Scribed by James T. Hansen
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 104 KB
- Volume
- 88
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1556-6678
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β¦ Synopsis
The counseling profession has strongly identified with the multicultural movement. Nevertheless, postmodernism, which is the ideological foundation of multiculturalism, has had relatively little impact on other segments of the profession. The author argues that many realms of the counseling profession are locked within modernism and could be significantly enriched by a foundational shift to postmodernism. Two of these realms, professional identity issues and the helping relationship, are elaborated, and conclusions for counseling practice are discussed.
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