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Training and disillusion in counselling psychology: a psychoanalytic perspective.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17312875     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In this paper, I argue that Counselling Psychology's professional identification with pluralism poses significant emotional problems for trainees. An important factor in such problems may be the trainee's sense of disappointment and disillusion that the route to professional and personal self-transformation will not be achieved via a set of universal theoretical principles and established clinical 'rules'. I draw on recent psychoanalytic theory to suggest that the task facing trainees involves balancing pluralism, characterized as an 'external' third position, with an 'internal' third space indexing an awareness of subjectivity and intersubjectivity. Maintaining a dialogical-dialectical perspective on these two positions allows for a creative space in which the trainee may be transformed from lay helper into professional counselling psychologist via a personal engagement with theoretical, clinical and academic material presented during training.
Authors:
Rosemary Rizq
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Psychology and psychotherapy     Volume:  79     ISSN:  1476-0835     ISO Abbreviation:  Psychol Psychother     Publication Date:  2006 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-02-22     Completed Date:  2007-08-06     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101135751     Medline TA:  Psychol Psychother     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  613-27     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
School of Human and Life Sciences, Roehampton University, Whitelands College, Holybourne Avenue, London SWIS 4JD, UK. rosierizq@tiscali.co.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Counseling / education*
Curriculum
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Psychoanalytic Interpretation
Psychoanalytic Theory
Psychotherapy / education*
Students / psychology*

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