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Shopping around for Theories for Counseling Psychology Practice: Reaction
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Hill, Clara E. – Counseling Psychologist, 2012
Three psychotherapy theories are summarized and critiqued for their applicability to counseling psychology. The lack of attention to psychodynamic and experiential theories in the special section and the lack of theorizing by counseling psychologists in general are lamented. A plea is made for encouraging counseling psychologists to construct more…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology, Psychologists, Counseling Theories
Shopping for Old and New Wine: A Response
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Murdock, Nancy L.; Nilsson, Johanna E.; Duan, Changming – Counseling Psychologist, 2012
With this rejoinder, we address some of the concerns and questions raised by Ridley and Mollen (2012) and Hill (2012). Specially, we reflect upon Ridley and Mollen's commentary about whether the three theories in this major contribution can be deemed emergent or whether they are simply old thought in new packages. We also address Hill's question…
Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Psychologists, Counseling Theories, Reader Response
The Ever Evolving Identity of Counseling Psychologists: Musings of the Society of Counseling Psychology President
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Forrest, Linda M. – Counseling Psychologist, 2008
Understanding our identity as counseling psychologists has been an issue since the inception of our specialty in the 1940s and one that the authors of these two articles (Goodyear et al., 2008 [this issue]; Munley, Pate, & Duncan, 2008 [this issue]) tackle in new and different ways. In this response, this author (a) identifies additional reasons…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Counseling Psychology, Identification, Counseling Theories
The Strength-Based Model for Counseling At-Risk Youths
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Sapp, Marty – Counseling Psychologist, 2006
In her strength-based model to train counseling psychologists, Smith (2006 [this issue]) criticizes deficit models of counseling. Rather than focusing on at-risk adolescents' victim status, she argues that counseling psychologists should concentrate on identifying at-risk youths' cultural and individual strengths. One can infer from her new…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Youth, Counseling Psychology, Psychologists
Counseling Psychologists and Schools: Toward a Sharper Conceptual Focus
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Vondracek, Fred W.; Porfeli, Erik J. – Counseling Psychologist, 2002
The articles in this major contribution on counseling psychology in schools demonstrate that developmental-contextualism is a metatheoretical framework that is relevant and useful for the work of counseling psychologists. The actual utility of the framework depends on the user's having a clear understanding of its basic constructs and underlying…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Systems Approach, Counseling Psychology, Misconceptions
Training Counseling Psychologists as Social Justice Agents: Feminist and Multicultural Principles in Action. Major Contribution
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Goodman, Lisa A.; Liang, Belle; Helms, Janet E.; Latta, Rachel E.; Sparks, Elizabeth; Weintraub, Sarah R. – Counseling Psychologist, 2004
Despite recent calls for counseling psychology to embrace social justice-oriented work, there has been little discussion about what such work actually looks like. The first part of this article derives a set of principles from feminist and multicultural counseling theories that counseling psychologists should consider as they engage in social…
Descriptors: Social Change, Psychologists, Counseling Theories, Consciousness Raising