Proposed improvement in terminology relating to personal psychological problems

Sutich, Anthony J.

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“…In line with previous experience he tends to see that by returning to the professional relationship he can also convert the problem situation into what I like to describe as an opportunity for further emotional growth. This coincides with Goldstein's (1937, p. t'( During the painting the meanings assigned to &dquo;black&dquo; and &dquo;white'3 06) &dquo;... affirmative answer to the shocks of existence, which must be borne for the actualization of one's own nature.&dquo; It is largely through such a procedure that &dquo;maximal democratic self-direction&dquo; (Sutich, 1944) can become a practical, everyday process. .…”

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“…Theoretical and Technique Problems Some years ago, in a paper on terminology (Sutich, 1941), published prior to Rogers' (1942) presentation of the non-directive technique, we pointed out that it was probably more appropriate to call the person undergoing counseling a &dquo;client&dquo; rather than a &dquo;patient.&dquo; Together with this, we brought out the value and relevance of thinking about a . client as an &dquo;adjustment-minded&dquo; individual.…”

Section: Impulses To Growthmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…This is an orienting or educational phase that includes a brief outline of our current conception of the nature of the relationship, the technique, the alternative objectives, our individual and mutual counseling rights, responsibilities, needs, etc. We believe the prospective client is entitled (Sutich, 1944) to this presentation, at the present time, in view of the prevailing confusion about the different kinds of applied psychology _ (for instance, many prospective clients or patients don't know the difference between psychiatry and other kinds of professional work such as counseling). At the conclusion of this phase, which involve encouragement of discussion, we request explicit consent to proceed on this basis.…”

Section: Impulses To Growthmentioning

confidence: 96%

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The Growth-Experience and the Growth-Centered Attitude

Sutich

1967

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

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&dquo;I consider this paper to be of historical and contemporary importance and to have been neglected and overlooked by myself and others. I feel it ought to be called to the attention of the humanistic psychologists.&dquo; -Abraham H. Maslow (July 1967) 1NTR0©LICTION AT the present time, a counseling relationship appears to be one of the most effective and efficient ways of achieving emotional growth for a good many individuals who need professional help. It is our belief, however, that a single growth-experience' is not necessarily enough as far as a client's growth needs are concerned. His level of emotional development, after the growth-experience, may not be adequate to cope with the pressure of new problems, or a worsening of the old.In our experience, one reason for this is that clients (and many counselors) tend to over-estimate the actual amount or degree of growth achieved in a successful counseling experience. This applies equally well to several kinds of psychotherapeutic relationships. There is no question here about the value of a growth-experience. Nor do we want to minimize the value of the various psychoanalytical and other therapeutic experiences that preceded our counseling relationship with a number of clients. Rather, it is a matter of coming to grips with the fact that a client may need to go further than he ordinarily does and that if he wishes, recognizes, or feels a need to do so, some means of helping him seems to be in order. This therefore raises an important question: Are there ways in which he can properly be helped to become aware of this possibility, and, if so, what are they? 1 Published as a separate

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The Growth-Experience and the Growth-Centered Attitude

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1967

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

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“…The writer has dealt elsewhere (16) with the problem of affective term-evaluation. The negative "term-affect" involved in the word "patient" contrasts sharply, for example, with the positive "termaffect" involved in the alternative term, "client."…”

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Toward a professional code for psychological consultants.

Sutich¹

1944

The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology

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Every condition of life as it moves toward coherent organization, develops its own ethos, its own standards and codes.-John Dewey.TNSYCHOLOGISTS who enter into consulting relationships with J[ clients-and such relationships are becoming more and more frequent-are necessarily concerned with a problem in applied ethics,.whether recognized as such or not. Indeed, the satisfaction of those psychological needs for which the consulting relationship is established depends, in part, upon a clear understanding, by both client and consultant, of the ethical aspects of the relationship. The present paper seeks to make explicit the ethical basis of certain procedures found to be desirable in dealing with clients and to outline in formal fashion a professional code derived from these ethical principles for use by psychological consultants.The medical, legal, and several other professions have adopted written professional codes (6; 17), and some of them have been in operation for decades. But no criticism of psychological consultants is necessarily implied in this fact, since in every professional field a certain minimal stage of development has to be reached before the construction and adoption of a code is feasible. We believe that this minimal point has been reached.Recent trends in the practice of consulting and counseling psychology suggest the direction in which progress in the construction of a code might most profitably be made. Such "directive" tech-1 The writer is deeply indebted to Dr. E. R. Hilgard of Stanford University, California, without whose initial and continued encouragement, generous criticism, suggestions, and discussions, this paper could not have been written.

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The Growth-Experience and the Growth-Centered Attitude

Sutich

1949

The Journal of Psychology

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Proposed improvement in terminology relating to personal psychological problems

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The Growth-Experience and the Growth-Centered Attitude

The Growth-Experience and the Growth-Centered Attitude

Toward a professional code for psychological consultants.

The Growth-Experience and the Growth-Centered Attitude

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