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The Orientation Model: A Dual‐Process Approach to Case Conceptualization
Author(s) -
WILKINSON BRETT D.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of humanistic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2161-1939
pISSN - 2159-0311
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2015.00062.x
Subject(s) - conceptualization , process (computing) , orientation (vector space) , dual (grammatical number) , psychology , grounded theory , social psychology , cognitive psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , qualitative research , sociology , mathematics , linguistics , social science , philosophy , geometry , operating system
The orientation model incorporates 4 psychological constructs and empirically informed measures of dispositional tendencies into a single case conceptualization framework. Grounded in the tenets of the dual‐process theory and combined with a matrix for visualizing client‐specific patterns, it provides counselors with significant information on client strengths and limitations before treatment.