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Author Downing, Lester N., 1914-

Title Counseling theories and techniques, summarized and critiqued : (a competency-based approach) / Lester N. Downing
Published Chicago, IL : Nelson Hall, 1975

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Description xi, 250 pages ; 22 cm
Contents An introduction to the counseling process: -- Major themes of this text -- Meaning and nature of counseling and psychotherapy -- Significant developments in counseling -- The need for changes in counseling -- A theorical framework for counseling: -- Background -- Major theoretical elements -- A critique of psychoanalytic theory -- Individual psychology: -- Background -- Major theoretical elements -- A critique of individual theory -- Client-centered counseling: -- Background -- Major theoretical elements -- A critique of client-centered counseling -- Learning theory approaches applied to counseling: -- Background -- Major learning theories -- Techniques and tools of learning theories -- Responses to the theories -- The trait-factor approach: -- Major theoretical elements -- A critique of the trait-factor approach -- Williamson and the Minnesota point of view -- y
Rational-emotive therapy: -- Background -- Major theoretical elements -- A critique of rational-emotive therapy -- Reality therapy: -- Background -- Major theoretical elements -- A critique of reality therapy -- Gestalt therapy: -- Major theoretical elements -- A critique of Gestalt therapy -- Logotherapy: -- Major theoretical elements -- A critique of logotherapy -- Existentialism in counseling and psychotherapy: -- Major theoretical elements -- A critique of existentialism -- Growth counseling as a contributor to counseling theory: -- The logic of a better theory -- The nature of growth counseling -- Features of growth counseling -- Appendix: systems approach in counselor education performance objectives for each chapter
Summary "This text deals with the major theories of counseling and psychotherapy. Its uniqueness lies in its simplified summary of important theories and in its meaningful critique of each theory. The 'systems approach' covering each chapter is an innovation for this type of textbook, and it permits an objective evaluation of each student's progress in the course"--preface
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 233-237
Subject Counseling -- Philosophy.
Counseling.
Psychotherapy.
Counseling.
Psychotherapy.
LC no. 74023725
ISBN 088229203X
0882295020 (paperback)