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Wellness as the Paradigm for Counseling and Development: The Possible Future
Author(s) -
MYERS JANE E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1991.tb01199.x
Subject(s) - psychology , intervention (counseling) , mental health , paradigm shift , psychotherapist , engineering ethics , positive psychology , medical education , applied psychology , medicine , epistemology , psychiatry , philosophy , engineering
Wellness refers to the maximizing of human potential through positive life‐style choices. This holistic paradigm offers a philosophical base for counseling and development that provides guidelines for intervention and at the same time emphasizes the uniqueness of our approach as counseling and development professionals to mental health concerns. The author advocates a wellness paradigm rather than the illness‐oriented medical model as being most reflective of our profession.