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Strong, Tom; Gaete, Joaquin; Sametband, Ines N.; French, Jared; Eeson, Jen – Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2012
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) is an administrative fact for many counsellors. This psychiatric approach to formulating client concerns runs counter to those used by counsellors of many approaches (e.g., systemic, feminist). Using an online survey of counsellors (N = 116), invited contributions to a website…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Mental Disorders, Cultural Influences
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Strong, Tom – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2005
Increasing numbers of counsellors practise using social constructionist (e.g. narrative, collaborative language systems and solution-focused) approaches. Social constructionist theory holds that matters such as "understanding" are constructed and upheld in human interaction though counselling approaches derived from this theory offer…
Descriptors: Interaction, Counseling Techniques, Constructivism (Learning), Social Theories