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Frank, We Hardly Knew Ye: The Very Personal Side of Frank Parsons
Author(s) -
Pope Mark,
Sveinsdottir Maria
Publication year - 2005
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.1556-6678.2005.tb00585.x
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , context (archaeology) , personal life , career counseling , sexual orientation , psychoanalysis , counseling psychology , social psychology , psychotherapist , applied psychology , epistemology , philosophy , history , archaeology
This article is a detailing of the limited information available regarding the personal life of Frank Parsons, who is credited with founding the career counseling specialization of modern day professional counseling as well as all professional counseling and the related fields of vocational psychology and counseling psychology in the early 1900s. This article presents information on Frank Parsons's physical appearance; character and personality; quirks, eccentricities, and prejudices; traumatic events in his life; and personal relationships and, in that context, a possible defined sexual orientation.