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Self‐Awareness Revisited: Reconsidering a Core Value of the Counseling Profession
Author(s) -
Hansen James T.
Publication year - 2009
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.1556-6678.2009.tb00566.x
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , self awareness , value (mathematics) , psychoanalytic theory , psychology , core (optical fiber) , humanism , ideology , psychoanalysis , sociology , epistemology , social psychology , philosophy , computer science , political science , machine learning , politics , law , programming language , telecommunications , theology
The construct of self‐awareness is highly valued by the counseling profession. However, the foundational assumptions that support this construct have not been systemically examined and critiqued. The author provides an overview of self‐awareness in light of humanistic, psychoanalytic, and postmodernist ideologies. The author concludes that the construct of self‐awareness should be replaced by self‐storying . Implications of self‐storying for counseling practice are discussed.