Developmental Science and Counseling

✍ Scribed by James M. Geidner

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 127 KB
• Volume: 87
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1556-6678
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2009.tb00119.x

✦ Synopsis

Developmental counseling is a promising model integrating theory and practice. A. E. Ivey's (2000; A. E. Ivey & O. F. Goncalves, 1988) work is discussed as a template for proposing a more comprehensive developmental perspective. Where A. E. Ivey's model renders a case for cognition, the current article encompasses other developmental systems driving cognitive processes, such as attachment, self, and affect. A developmental systems theory is advanced as one possible solution to the limitations of available models. Application to case vignettes and a rethinking of style shift are offered.