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Helping Beginning Counselors Develop a Personal Theory of Counseling
Author(s) -
SPRUILL DAVID A.,
BENSHOFF JAMES M.
Publication year - 2000
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.1556-6978.2000.tb01800.x
Subject(s) - psychology , counselor education , graduate students , counseling psychology , developmental stage theories , personal development , applied psychology , medical education , psychotherapist , engineering ethics , pedagogy , higher education , developmental psychology , medicine , political science , law , engineering
Developing a personal theory of counseling is essential for beginning counselors. Current approaches de‐emphasize life experiences before graduate training and fail to incorporate counselor developmental stages. This article presents a framework for strengthening development of a personal theory of counseling by integrating life experiences and counselor developmental stages with theory building approaches.