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Freud's Psychosexual Stage Conception: A Developmental Metaphor for Counselors
Author(s) -
Garcia John L.
Publication year - 1995
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.1556-6676.1995.tb01785.x
Subject(s) - psychosexual development , metaphor , psychology , phallic stage , lawrence kohlberg's stages of moral development , erikson's stages of psychosocial development , psychoanalysis , premise , psychotherapist , developmental psychology , epistemology , social psychology , philosophy , moral development , linguistics
In this article, the author conceptualizes the counseling process and its outcome by comparing it metaphorically to Freud's psychosexual stage conception of personality development. Specifically, he focuses on resemblances between the oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages of both Freud's conception and the counseling process. Suggestive of the heuristic quality of metaphorical comparisons, new meanings can be drawn from these resemblances, leading to fresh insight into the nature of the counseling relationship.