Ideas on the Margins: Professional Counseling and Ideological Insularity

Author: Hansen, James

Source: International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, Volume 32, Number 3, September 2010 , pp. 214-224(11)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Efforts to professionalize counseling practice have yielded extraordinary benefits to counselors. However, professionalization has also caused counselors to adopt strict definitions of their education, practices, and ethics. In order to combat the ideological insularity brought on by professionalization, several marginalized ideas are considered. The implications of these ideas and ways to overcome ideological insularity are discussed.

Keywords: Counseling; Theories; Philosophy

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10447-010-9102-4

Affiliations: 1: Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA, Email: Jthansen@oakland.edu

Publication date: 2010-09-01