Dimensions of the counseling process

Es, Bordin

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“…Drawing on psychoanalytic constructs such as resistance, repression, and conflict, as well as Eriksonian (1959) constructs such as self-identity, Bordin strived to broaden the field's understanding of the vocational choice process and its related anxieties, expectations, and behaviors by understanding the client personally, developmentally, and dynamically. In this vein, and consistent with Rogers (1942Rogers ( , 1951, Bordin rejected narrow rationalism and the counselor-as-expert perspective, instead promoting a dynamically based interpersonal model first applied to vocational counseling and later broadened to the counseling process in general (which he defined as almost any human condition inviting intervention by another; e.g., Bordin, 1948Bordin, , 1955Bordin, , 1980a. In his 1986 Leona Tyler Award Address, Bordin acknowledged that his early focus on personal development and personality as factors in vocational decision making generated his later working alliance theory.…”

Section: Vocational Decision-makingmentioning

confidence: 87%

Edward S. Bordin: Innovative thinker, influential investigator, and inspiring teacher.

Constantino¹,

Ladany²,

Borkovec³

2010

Bringing Psychotherapy Research to Life: Understanding Change Through the Work of Leading Clinical Researchers.

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Those who knew Ed Bordin personally were touched by his humanity, integrity, and intellectual brilliance. Those who knew him only through his professional writing were touched in a similar fashion, a feat not easily attained. As authors of this chapter, we all have felt the ease and effortlessness that comes from reading and rereading Bordin's work. Moreover, whether through direct or indirect experience with Bordin, we all have been inspired by his vision and foresight, impressive scholarship, respect for others' ideas, and integrative spirit.Irene Elkin (1993) noted in her Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) tribute to Bordin that he was "one of the most important figures in psychotherapy research, who made some of the most important contributions to our field." In fact, Bordin had a remarkable breadth of professional interests about which he wrote and studied. By his own account, Bordin (1987) had two "enduring preoccupations." The first focused on vocational choice and personal development, whereas the second focused on personal change process and a theory of working alliance as the cornerstone of counseling and psychotherapy. However, our informal "factor analysis" of Bordin's published work also revealed at least seven other broad and multifaceted factors: (a) dimensions of the psychotherapy and counseling process (including client, therapist, and

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Section: Vocational Decision-makingmentioning

confidence: 87%