The professionalization of counselling: A coherent ‘case against’?

House, Richard

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“…39–40), while, in the form it was deployed, also being highly vacuous. Professionalization is a very powerful, almost irresistible, general rhetoric (House, 1996). Professionalization functioned as a highly potent ‘free resource’ as DiMaggio defines it: ‘some institutional understandings .…”

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Transforming the Danish Film Field Via ‘Professionalization’, Penetration and Integration

Mathieu¹

2006

Creat Innov Manage

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Using a qualitative case study of the transformations of the infrastructure of the Danish film field by the Danish Film Institute and its CEO, three basic questions about entrepreneurial agency are raised. The first deals with the relationship between the institutional environment and the personal backgrounds of entrepreneurial actors. The study finds that certain actors can be seen as possessing extreme or unique levels of legitimacy resulting in being rewarded with tremendous resources and opportunities for strategic action. The second question has to do with how, and what sort of role transformations can take place from a structurally central, but static position in a field. Here ' intermediary entrepreneurialism ' was used to penetrate and integrate the field in such a way as to turn a structurally fixed position from a weak to a strong nexus. The third question deals with how transformations can be effected by an organization that straddles three prominent institutional fields and logics -the state, market and artistic expression. Here, the key role of the term 'professionalization' is emphasized, arguing that this term proved evocative and compelling in each institutional field. The case also adds to our understanding of institutional and transformation processes in creative industries by focusing on two less-studied contexts -the role and strategies of centrally placed actors in initiating and leading transformational activities, and the role that entrepreneurial 'bureaucrats' can play in transforming creative industries.

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Transforming the Danish Film Field Via ‘Professionalization’, Penetration and Integration

Mathieu¹

2006

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“…This is consistent with research that points to a conclusion that is deeply uncomfortable for those wedded to a therapeutic ''expertise'' model Counselling Psychology Quarterly 5 (Mair, 1997), viz. that lightly trained para-professionals appear to achieve outcomes at least as effective as trained therapy practitioners (for possible explanations see House, 1996House, , 2001a. Another aspect of the theory question is the way in which trainings are becoming increasingly ''academicized'' (House, 2001b(House, , 2005aParker, 2001), with training now cast firmly at post-graduate level.…”

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Training and education for therapeutic practitionership: “Trans-modern” perspectives

House

2008

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

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“…In Australia, like other parts of the world where counselling is professionalized, many groups have initiated credentialing efforts (Capuzzi & Gross, 2001). Having accreditation provided by several different organizations, as is currently the case in Australia, causes confusion and harms professional development (Bradley, 1995; Cottone, 1985; A. U. Gale & Austin, 2003; House, 1996; Luck, 1999; Tarvydas & Leahy, 1993).…”

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The credentialing of counselling in Australia

Pelling

Sullivan

2006

Int J Psychol

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Counselling is an unregulated activity in Australia. No statutory regulation currently exists. As a result, different counselling organizations are promoting different voluntary standards for the practice of counselling. This has led to a credentialing dilemma in which counsellors and the public are confronted with a number of counselling qualification choices. This dilemma poses a number of questions: Should counselling become more regulated in Australia? At what level should counselling be regulated? Should there be various levels of counsellor regulation? This article provides an overview of the credentialing dilemma facing counselling in Australia, compares and contrasts two main Australian accreditation efforts, and proposes cooperation as a way of navigating said dilemma. The implications for counselling as a profession are discussed along with suggestions for its development as a profession. This includes a discussion regarding the relative advantages and disadvantages of greater regulation of counselling as a professional activity in Australia. Specifically, what is and is not generally considered a profession is reviewed, different forms of credentialing are outlined, and general arguments for and against accreditation efforts are presented. The efforts of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) are compared and are shown to have common ground. Consequently, ways in which the main counselling organizations may best work in conjunction to promote counselling as a profession in Australia are proposed. These suggestions include good communication, collaboration, and the avoidance of turf wars. Specifically, that the ACA and PACFA collaborate on developing a combined independent registration list that is supported by both organizations or, minimally, that both organizations have mutual recognition on each other's register lists.

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The professionalization of counselling: A coherent ‘case against’?

Cited by 8 publications

References 12 publications

Transforming the Danish Film Field Via ‘Professionalization’, Penetration and Integration

Transforming the Danish Film Field Via ‘Professionalization’, Penetration and Integration

Training and education for therapeutic practitionership: “Trans-modern” perspectives

The credentialing of counselling in Australia

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