ACCTG 1 Lecture Notes - Transactional Analysis, Object Relations Theory, Psychoanalysis
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Theory in counselling: using conceptual tools to facilitate understanding and guide action. Organised around distinct theoretical models ( approaches : psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural, humanistic, etc . Tends to draw on just one approach, in contrast to counselling. Can also be called a tradition, comprised of . Development over time through discussion and new. Theoretical propositions about predictive events (e. g. childhood events affecting people in adulthood) Labels for observable events (e. g. transference) -> terminology ideas. Level of abstraction have implications for counsellors employing theories: danger of using observational concepts can be jumping to conclusions, assumptions and propositions from different theories can yield different interpretations. Being in a scientific community means that you gain implicit knowledge unconsciously/ informally. It is sometimes difficult to express what is implicitly known in words. Purpose can be understood differently: explaining, understanding. Theories help us to interpret events, not necessarily pinpoint the cause. At the moment, there doesn"t seem to be one single explanatory truth.
