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Toward a Constructivist and Developmental Identity for the Counseling Profession: The Context‐Phase‐Stage‐Style Model
Author(s) -
McAuliffe Garrett J.,
Eriksen Karen P.
Publication year - 1999
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.1556-6676.1999.tb02450.x
Subject(s) - constructive , psychology , personality , identity (music) , context (archaeology) , curriculum , mental health , style (visual arts) , applied psychology , pedagogy , constructivist teaching methods , population , counselor education , medical education , social psychology , higher education , medicine , psychotherapist , teaching method , computer science , process (computing) , law , history , environmental health , archaeology , acoustics , biology , operating system , paleontology , political science , physics
The constructivist and developmental metatheories offer foundations for prevention‐ and health‐oriented counseling approaches that target the whole population. In the assessment model proposed here, the counselor is directed toward 4 specific dimensions of human construction and development. They are the following: social context, life phase, constructive stage, and personality style. It is proposed that such assessment be infused into everyday counseling practice in schools, mental health settings, and colleges while also being a ground for the counselor education curriculum.