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The Purpose of Counselling and Psychotherapy
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Why do counsellors and psychotherapists practice? What is the purpose? What real benefit does the client gain and what benefit accrues to society as a whole? Do liberal and postmodern values leave counselling and psycho-therapy vulnerable to being devalued by consumerism, individualism and relativism? This unique text subjects counselling and psychotherapy to a proper and thorough moral and ethical analysis.
Using radical new theories, the author opens up the field of counselling to rational debate, giving it a thorough analysis that is political, sociological and philosophical in outlook. Drawing on the communicative ethics of Habermas, he provides a new basis for understanding the purpose of counselling and psychotherapy. Using an argument that is both challenging and stimulating, the liberal and postmodern approaches are decisively investigated and rejected. Of interest to specialists and non-specialists alike, this work offers a new vision for counselling, which is both appealing and soundly argued.
Table of Contents
Communicative Rationality
Morality, Ethics and Autonomy
The Development of Moral Character
Communicative Action and Counselling
Issues In Psychotherapy and Counselling
Abstract Systems and the Colonization of Self
Critique, Resistance and Transformation.
Product details
| Published | Nov 02 2004 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 258 |
| ISBN | 9781403935960 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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