Natural science and the healing of persons
The importance of a counselor's philosophical point of departure is emphasized. Viewing the self as "a conscious, free, and responsible decision-making actor in a world of substantial and self-transcendent meanings and purposes" is suggested as the core of a definition that uses an ex...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[1981]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 1981, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 124-132 |
| Further subjects: | B
Helpless Victim
B Philosophical Point B Existentialist Point B Natural Science B World View |
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| Summary: | The importance of a counselor's philosophical point of departure is emphasized. Viewing the self as "a conscious, free, and responsible decision-making actor in a world of substantial and self-transcendent meanings and purposes" is suggested as the core of a definition that uses an existentialist point of departure. In the light of this definition, four specific inadequacies of counseling that uses a natural-scientific point of departure are identified and discussed: 1) it is overreductionistic; 2) it reinforces the view of self as "helpless victim"; 3) it disregards the importance of transpersonal concerns; 4) it ignores the importance of conflicting world views between therapist and client. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF01540816 |