1989
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1989.tb02113.x
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Root Metaphor Theory: A Philosophical Framework for Counseling and Psychotherapy

Abstract: By exploring alternative worldviews or philosophical frames of reference, counselors can look beyond their own encapsulated images of reality and examine different assumptions concerning the nature of psychological phenomena and the process of change. The present article offers an overview of the root metaphors and philosophical assumptions associated with formism, mechanism, contextualism, and organicism—the four worldviews described in Pepper's (1942) philosophical treatise and his presentation of root metap… Show more

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“…This factor has variously been referred to in the literature as ontological beliefs (Lyddon & Bradford, 1995), epistemological beliefs , worldview (Lyddon, 1989), values , vision o f reality (Messer & Winokur, 1984) and the German term 'Weltanschauung'…”
Section: Philosophical Beliefs and Therapeutic Orientationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…This factor has variously been referred to in the literature as ontological beliefs (Lyddon & Bradford, 1995), epistemological beliefs , worldview (Lyddon, 1989), values , vision o f reality (Messer & Winokur, 1984) and the German term 'Weltanschauung'…”
Section: Philosophical Beliefs and Therapeutic Orientationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(outlook on the world) (Fear & Woolfe, 1999 and worldview (frame of reference for interpreting the world) (Lyddon, 1989;Lyddon & Bradford, 1995). observes that for most of the 20th century, the prevailing view within the psychological therapies was that the therapist purposefully set out not to impose their values on the client, a stance originating in psychoanalysis, summed up by the psychoanalyst Wilfred Bion's (1970; p. 315) off-quoted dictum of " [letting] go o f memory, desire and understanding".…”
Section: Philosophical Beliefs and Therapeutic Orientationmentioning
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“…The root metaphor of contextualism (Collin, 1997;Collin & Young, 1986;Lyddon, 1989) requires the individual client and the counsellor to be considered as part of a recursively dynamic interacting system surrounded by higher order influences (Patton & McMahon, 1999), and in this dynamic the counsellor should not be privileged as the expert dispenser of truth (House, 1999). Furthermore, Patton and McMahon (2006) proffer constructivism as a promising intellectual and pragmatic vehicle to carry vocational psychology and career development further through this chaotic world-of-work, and, moreover, uphold the person-in-context, as opposed to subjugating the individual through the discursive practices of the vocational scientist-practitioner.…”
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“…The theoretical and practical approaches to career development and planning have developed within the context of western industrialised society, which has emphasised empirical science founded upon the mechanical, formist, and organicist root metaphors 4 (Collin & Young, 1986;Lyddon, 1989). Herr et al (2004, p. 49) echoed the terminology of scientist-practitioner applied to psychologists in relating to career counsellors as 'applied behavioural scientists'.…”
Section: Traditional Career Development Practicesmentioning
confidence: 99%