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Larsen, Denise J.

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“…Eclecticism has been described as an important and essential perspective in the provision of effective therapy (Larsen, 1999). It may be a challenge for counsellors to become knowledgeable about the theories and methods of a variety of approaches.…”

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Changing Views of Theory and Practice in Counselling: Multiple Intelligences, Eclecticism and the Therapeutic Alliance

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O’Brien

2012

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia

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In the wake of the movement towards integrative and eclectic practice, and individually tailored treatments, in the field of counselling, the search for unifying theories continues. Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences (MI), only recently applied to the field of counselling, has a contribution to make in evolving a framework for eclecticism. MI theory may also have a particular contribution to make towards helping counsellors strengthen the therapeutic alliance and enhance flexibility in responding to clients’ needs. Gaining an understanding of clients’ preferred cognitive and communication styles, or ‘intelligences’, enhances an ability to tailor treatment. This article argues that practical ways to increase the strength of the therapeutic alliance, as well as new theoretical foundations for eclectic choices, could emerge through the application of MI theory in the form of expressive therapies / creative arts therapies.

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“…However, this open-minded eclectic stance allows for a holistic view of the client (Larsen, 1999), and the inclusion of both a social constructionist and individual constructivist perspectives.…”

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Changing Views of Theory and Practice in Counselling: Multiple Intelligences, Eclecticism and the Therapeutic Alliance

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O’Brien

2012

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia

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“…Allport's eclecticism was centered on two basic assumptions: the recognition of human behavior multidetermination, and the metatheoretical notion of human being as an open system. Larsen (1999), adopting a post-modern perspective, states that all psychological theories are histories stemming from their contexts of creation and the personal lives of their authors. The similarities found among theories would be, according to the author, the result of the theory's character as history.…”

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“…Larsen (1999), adopting a post-modern perspective, states that all psychological theories are histories stemming from their contexts of creation and the personal lives of their authors. The similarities found among theories would be, according to the author, the result of the theory’s character as history.…”

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Conceptual questions about meaning: Divergence or complementarity between cultural-Historical positions?

Santana

Ristum

2022

Culture & Psychology

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Meaning was a core concept in the development of Lev Vygotsky’s cultural-historical approach. Considering the incompleteness of his work, other authors have adopted different directions in the seminal discussion on meaning as a unit of thought and language. Based on Rychlak’s ideas, this paper proposes dialogues between three culturally based authors—González Rey, Jaan Valsiner, and Jerome Bruner—reviewing relations of complementarity and synthesis to understand the concept of meaning. We call attention to the uniqueness of each theoretical approach, avoiding the simplification of their assumptions or the intention of reducing them as if they only dealt with the same concept with different words. The comparison between authors brings about a notion of cultural, historical, narrative meaning grounded on the singular-collective dialectic, endowed with an affective dimension, and the access to which implies the adoption of a qualitative and idiographic methodology. Based on common grounds, we coordinated different understandings, and attempted to devise a concept comprising inter-focus features, while meeting the criteria for a satisfactory theoretical formulation, such as its capacity of description, explanation, and prediction, its logical consistency, its perspective or possibility of generalization, its innovation, inventiveness or fruitful heuristic and, ultimately, its simplicity or parsimony.

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Processes and Stages of Change: Counseling With the Transtheoretical Model of Change

Petrocelli

2002

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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Technical eclecticism and theoretical integration literature has typically examined how multiple approaches to counseling practice may lead to more comprehensive and functional outcomes. Few have proposed an integration of approaches from a scientist‐practitioner perspective; many others have neglected the richness found in the body of existing theory. The purpose of this synthesis is to highlight the contributions that the Transtheoretical Model of Change (J. O. Prochaska & C. C. DiClemente, 1984; J. O. Prochaska & J. C. Norcross, 1994) has for technical eclecticism and theoretical integration. The intervention implications of processes and stages of change are discussed.

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Cited by 9 publications

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Changing Views of Theory and Practice in Counselling: Multiple Intelligences, Eclecticism and the Therapeutic Alliance

Changing Views of Theory and Practice in Counselling: Multiple Intelligences, Eclecticism and the Therapeutic Alliance

Conceptual questions about meaning: Divergence or complementarity between cultural-Historical positions?

Processes and Stages of Change: Counseling With the Transtheoretical Model of Change

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