PSYC 3083 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Counseling Psychology, Sigmund Exner, Positiva Records
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Is the application of psychological knowledge and techniques to alleviate distress and promote health. This includes conducting and using scientific research, assessment, consultation, and application of various psychotherapeutic techniques. The study of individuals, by observation or experimentation, with the intention of promoting change. Integrates science, theory, and practice to understand, predict, and alleviate maladjustment, disability, and discomfort as well as to promote human adaptation, adjustment, and personal development. Facilitates personal and interpersonal functioning across the life span with a focus on emotional, social, vocational, educational, health-related, developmental, and organizational concerns. *is unique in its attention both to normal and abnormal development. * practitioner-scholar model (more emphasis on clinical practice and less on research) Train more in bio-psycho-social model, research, psychometric assessment. Humanistic (rogers: psychodynamic perspective- freud, cognitive behavioral therapy- albert ellis and aaron beck, humanistic approach- rogers. Focuses on conflicts and whether the individuals resolution of the conflict is adaptive.
