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Application of Personality Theories and Counseling Strategies to Clients With Physical Disabilities
Author(s) -
LIVNEH HANOCH,
SHERWOOD ARDIS
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1991.tb02636.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , psychology , personality , intervention (counseling) , context (archaeology) , psychological intervention , psychotherapist , applied psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , paleontology , biology
This article describes how certain relevant theoretical concepts, intervention methods, and criteria for determining therapeutic change, which are borrowed from several personality theories and counseling approaches, can be useful in counseling people with physical disabilities. The clinical utility of each discussed personality theory is explored in the context of the efforts directed at (a) gaining insight into the psychosocial impact of physical disability, (b) counseling for personal adjustment to the disability, and (c) becoming familiar with theory‐specific guidelines for assessing therapeutic changes. It is argued that counselors who serve clients with disabilities ought to choose those interventions most congruent with their own theoretical orientation, academic training, work setting, and nature of the disability condition.