Journal article
The Identity of counselling and psychotherapy and the quest for a common metatheory
Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia, Vol.2(1)
2014
Abstract
Counselling and psychotherapy has become an important part of the fabric of modern society and its contribution to health and well-being is significant. This said, counselling and psychotherapy is a discipline that is still searching for its own identity. Is it a science or an art? Should it sit within a medical model or a humanistic model of personhood? In a socio-political environment enamored of evidence-based demands, which theories of counselling and psychotherapy are most accepted? Is there a way of holding or integrating the good of all bona fide therapies in one overarching philosophy of practice? These are the questions that still need to be answered. This paper explores the underlying debates surrounding these concerns and proffers a solution in the form the non-dualistic metatheory of Critical Realism.
Details
- Title
- The Identity of counselling and psychotherapy and the quest for a common metatheory
- Authors
- Denis J O'Hara (Author) - Australian College of Applied PsychologyEva Fiona O'Hara (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
- Publication details
- Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia, Vol.2(1)
- Publisher
- Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia
- Date published
- 2014
- DOI
- 10.59158/001c.71131
- ISSN
- 2201-7089
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2014 Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia. Reproduced here in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449049002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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