1997
DOI: 10.1007/bf00114782
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Context and individualism: Critical issues for contextualist counsellors

Abstract: Constructivist and interactionist models have been heralded as part of a new contextualist trend for counselling. They were developed in reaction to traditional organismic agestage theories of development ~vhich neglected important environmental influences. This paper will show that these new approaches are limited in the same way that the earlier developmental theories are: that they absolve and discourage looking at destructive social circumstances and arrangements that lead to problems that get defined in i… Show more

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“…In addition, there has recently been a call for more critical contextualising approaches in the field: approaches which may account for the ways in which the counsellor's basic epistemological assumptions (i.e. the reality of culture and the individual) might be applied to therapeutic practices, and which will lead to an understanding of oppressive relationships and power structures (Thomas, 1996).…”
Section: Potential Troubles Within Poststructuralist Approachesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, there has recently been a call for more critical contextualising approaches in the field: approaches which may account for the ways in which the counsellor's basic epistemological assumptions (i.e. the reality of culture and the individual) might be applied to therapeutic practices, and which will lead to an understanding of oppressive relationships and power structures (Thomas, 1996).…”
Section: Potential Troubles Within Poststructuralist Approachesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Given the individualistic roots in the history of the counseling profession, it is hardly surprising that the concept of individualism has received considerable exploration. Thomas (1997) acknowledged that individualism as a philosophical concept has come under much attack recently in its devaluing of social commitment and its focus on high levels of competitiveness. Furthermore, in this era of individualism-collectivism, many researchers have recently included this variable in their analyses (Kagitcibasi, 1997).…”
Section: Iveymentioning
confidence: 99%