COMPS Flashcards

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  1. Adult Learning: Theories & Models
  2. Syllabus Development and Course Construction
  3. Doctoral-level Teaching Preparation
  4. Assessment of Student Learning
  5. Online Teaching
  6. Developing a Philosophy of Teaching
  7. Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness
  8. Student Support and Remediation
  9. Teaching Excellence
  10. Program Structure and Curriculum Sequencing
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ACES, 2016

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University Teaching: A Reference Guide for Graduate Students and Faculty. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Process.

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Tice et al., 2005

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Teaching in Counselor Education: Engaging Students in Learning. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.

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West et al., 2013

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A theorist and also a practitioner in education, theorist emphasized a lot about how children learn best when they interact with their environment and when they are involved with the school curriculum. He argued that the child is not a passive recipient of information but an active individual. An important idea in the pedagogy refers to practicing crafts in school. In one of his works “Social Pedagogy”, He points to the role of the manual occupations in the child’s education. He refers to carpentry, blacksmithing, weaving, and naming them as the ways of living. He declares himself against any kind of teaching in which the child is passively listening to the teacher’s speech. He introduces arguments in favor of these manual activities like: they develop in the child the need of feeling useful and, therefore, useful for others; they prepare the child for real life and develop the child’s abilities (1919, pp.8-9).
Experiential Learning! Just as relevant for andragogy (adult learning).

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Dewey, 1966

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Transformational Learning Theory, Critical Consciousness, change in Self and how one sees others
He contributed a philosophy of education which blended classical approaches stemming from Plato and modern Marxist, post-Marxist and anti-colonialist thinkers… emphasized the need to provide native populations with an education which was simultaneously new and modern, rather than traditional, and anti-colonial — not simply an extension of the colonizing culture.
He believed education could not be divorced from politics; the act of teaching and learning are considered political acts in and of themselves. He defined this connection as a main tenet of critical pedagogy. Teachers and students must be made aware of the politics that surround education. The way students are taught and what they are taught serves a political agenda. Teachers, themselves, have political notions they bring into the classroom.
In terms of pedagogy, he is best known for his attack on what he called the “banking” concept of education, in which students are viewed as empty accounts to be filled by teachers. His work revived this view and placed it in context with contemporary theories and practices of education, laying the foundation for what would later be termed critical pedagogy.

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Freire, 1972

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The zone of proximal development (ZPD) has been defined as: “the distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem-solving under adult guidance, or in collaboration with more capable peers”. He believed that when a student is in the zone of proximal development for a particular task, providing the appropriate assistance will give the student enough of a “boost” to achieve the task.
To assist a person to move through the zone of proximal development, educators are encouraged to focus on three important components which aid the learning process:
1) The presence of someone with knowledge and skills beyond that of the learner (a more knowledgeable other).
2) Social interactions with a skillful tutor that allow the learner to observe and practice their skills.
3) Scaffolding, or supportive activities provided by the educator, or more competent peer, to support the student as he or she is led through the ZPD.

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Vygotsky, 1978

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Experiential Learning Theory
He characterized experiential learning as:
a process that constantly changes with new experiences that requires resolution of conflict between two opposing views of the world
a holistic process that encompasses human adaptation to all aspects of life, including education
the process of creating knowledge.
Another component of ELT is the identification of four learning styles: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation.
Within this theoretical approach, specific learning environment characteristics are associated to maximize the learning experience within the aforementioned learning styles.

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Kolb, 1984

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The framework elaborated by him and his collaborators consisted of six major categories: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation. The categories after Knowledge were presented as “skills and abilities,” with the understanding that knowledge was the necessary precondition for putting these skills and abilities into practice.

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Bloom, 1984

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1) Initiating supervision, 2) Goal-setting, 3) Giving feedback, 4) Conducting supervision, 5) The Supervisory relationship, 6) Diversity and Advocacy considerations, 7) Ethical considerations, 8) Documentation, 9) Evaluation, 10) Supervision format, 11) The supervisor, 12) Supervisor Preparation: Supervision Training and Supervision of Supervision

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ACES, 2011

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The DM has been described as “one of the best known models of supervision” (Borders & Brown, 2005, p. 7). The DM consists of two dimensions (i.e., supervisory focus and supervisor role) that combine to create a 3 by 3 matrix with nine supervisory approaches from which the supervisor can choose, depending on the supervisee’s needs. The three foci of supervision are intervention skills, conceptualization skills, and personalization skills. The DM also identifies the three potential supervisory roles of teacher, counselor, and consultant.

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Bernard, 1979, 1997

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Fundamentals of Clinical Supervision (6th Edition)

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Bernard & Goodyear, 2019

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Counselor supervision (4th Ed). Taylor & Francis US

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Ladany & Bradley, 2012

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The authors investigated the relationship between type of group supervision (hybrid model vs. face-to-face) and attitudes toward technology, toward use of technology in professional practice, and toward quality of supervision among a sample of school counseling interns. Participants (N = 76) experienced one of two types of internship supervision: a hybrid model (N= 41) or face-to-face (N= 35). Data analyses indicated that the hybrid model of group supervision was positively related to attitudes toward technology in counselor education, future professional practice, and the overall supervisory experience. Further, differences between the approaches in delivery of supervision showed no effect on perceptions of quality of supervision. Implications for extending the use of technology-mediated supervision to practicing professionals are presented.

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Conn et al., 2009

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The authors used an intensive single-subject quantitative design to examine cybersupervision of counseling practicum students in a university setting. Five female supervisees volunteered to receive their required weekly supervision online during a 14-week, semester-long counseling practicum. Following a face-to-face orientation meeting, all remaining interactions among the supervisees and with the supervisor occurred electronically. Data were collected about the utility of the synchronous and asynchronous modalities, changes in supervisee competence and confidence during the practicum, and supervisee attitudes about the cybersupervision approach. The findings offered evidence that the web-based modality could be used in similar settings.

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Chapman et al., 2011

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This study investigated the direct and indirect effects of marriage and family therapy trainees’ perceptions of their supervisors’ multicultural competence in supervision on the supervisory working alliance, trainees’ multicultural competence (case conceptualization abilities in etiology and treatment), and perceived supervision satisfaction. Path analyses revealed supervisor multicultural competence to be positively associated with supervisory working alliance and perceived supervision satisfaction. In addition, supervisor multicultural competence seemed to have a negative effect on trainee etiology conceptualization abilities. Finally, results suggested supervisory working alliance to be a significant mediator in the relationship between supervisor multicultural competence and supervision satisfaction. Findings are discussed within the context of theoretical, empirical, and practical implications for multicultural supervision.

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Inman, 2006

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This study examined supervisees’ perceived experiences of supervisor multicultural competence in supervision and its impact on supervisees’ clinical work. Specific attention was given to the cultural content discussed and the supervisory multicultural interventions used in supervision. Data from 102 supervisees was analyzed through a discovery-oriented qualitative approach. With regard to content, the most common focus was on race followed by gender, ethnicity, and religion/spirituality. An examination of the multiculturally competent supervisor interventions revealed that supervisors’ frequently educated and facilitated exploration of specific cultural issues, discussed culturally appropriate therapeutic interventions and skills, facilitated supervisee selfawareness within the supervision session, and challenged and encouraged cultural openness of supervisee’s understanding of client and cultural issues. The most frequent manner by which the supervisory experience affected client work involved the supervisee modifying the treatment approach, recognizing personal limitations and experiencing improved self-awareness as a counselor in their work with clients, and developing an enhanced understanding of and empathy towards their clients. Implications for these findings are discussed.

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Soheilian et al., 2014

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Multicultural Relational Perspective; Thinking relationally + Thinking contextually

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Hardy & Bobes, 2017

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The Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC), which revises the Multicultural Counseling Competencies (MCC) developed by Sue, Arredondo, and McDavis (1992) offers counselors a framework to implement multicultural and social justice competencies into counseling theories, practices, and research. A conceptual framework (See Figure 1) of the MSJCC is provided to illustrate a visual map of the relationship between the constructs and competencies being articulated within the MSJCC. Moreover, quadrants are used to highlight the intersection of identities and the dynamics of power, privilege, and oppression that influence the counseling relationship. Developmental domains reflect the different layers that lead to multicultural and social justice competence: (1) counselor self-awareness, (2) client worldview, (3) counseling relationship, and (4) counseling and advocacy interventions. Embedded within the first three developmental domains of the MSJCC are the following aspirational competencies: attitudes and beliefs, knowledge, skills, and action (AKSA). The socioecological model is incorporated within the counseling and advocacy interventions domain to provide counselors a multilevel framework for individual counseling and social justice advocacy.

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Ratts et al., 2015

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This article explores the virtue of humility and its applications to the practice of psychotherapy. Humility is distinguished from a clinical competency and defined as a disposition toward accurate self-assessment, other-orientedness, and the regulation of self-centered emotions. We explore the spiritual and philosophical foundations of humility and highlight the ways in which these perspectives are consistent and distinct from contemporary perspectives in psychology. Then we review the empirical literature on humility as a relational virtue. Finally, we make a case for clinician humility as a virtue supportive of best practice.

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Paine et al., 2015

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The common factors have a long history in the field of psychotherapy theory, research and practice. To understand the evidence supporting them as important therapeutic elements, the contextual model of psychotherapy is outlined. Then the evidence, primarily from meta-analyses, is presented for particular common factors, including alliance, empathy, expectations, cultural adaptation, and therapist differences. Then the evidence for four factors related to specificity, including treatment differences, specific ingredients, adherence, and competence, is presented. The evidence supports the conclusion that the common factors are important for producing the benefits of psychotherapy.

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Wampold, 2015

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Respect for Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmalificence, Justice, and Fidelity

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Kitchener, 1984

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The American Counseling Association (ACA) is an educational, scientific, and professional organization whose members work in a variety of settings and serve in multiple capacities. Counseling is a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals.
Professional values are an important way of living out an ethical commitment. The following are core professional values of the counseling profession:
1. enhancing human development throughout the life span;
2. honoring diversity and embracing a multicultural approach in support of the worth, dignity, potential, and uniqueness of people within their social and cultural contexts;
3. promoting social justice;
4. safeguarding the integrity of the counselor–client relationship; and
5. practicing in a competent and ethical manner.
These professional values provide a conceptual basis for the ethical principles enumerated below. These principles are the foundation for ethical behavior and decision making. The fundamental principles of professional ethical behavior are
• autonomy, or fostering the right to control the direction of one’s life;
• nonmaleficence, or avoiding actions that cause harm;
• beneficence, or working for the good of the individual and society by promoting mental health and well-being;
• justice, or treating individuals equitably and fostering fairness and equality;
• fidelity, or honoring commitments and keeping promises, including fulfilling one’s responsibilities of trust in professional relationships; and
• veracity, or dealing truthfully with individuals with whom counselors come into professional contact.

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ACA Code of ethics, 2014

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In this introduction to the special issue of the Counselor Education and Supervision journal, the guest editors provide a brief history of the social justice movement within the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision and discuss the importance of addressing social justice issues in counselor education and supervision. The authors challenge all counselors to make social justice an integral part of their work.

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Chang et al., 2011

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The CAS model provides a conceptual framework of the different roles helping professionals need to play in general, and the symbiotic relationship between counseling, advocacy, and scholarship in particular. The assumption is that certain situations will dictate that counselors take on the traditional role of counselor by providing counseling in the office setting. Other situations will demand that counselors work in the community in the role of advocate to address systemic issues that affect clients

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Ratts & Greenleaf, 2018

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Over the past several years, there has been an increased focus on integrating not only multiculturalism in the counseling profession, but also advocacy and social justice. Although the professional literature addresses the importance of cultural competence in supervision, there is a paucity of information about social justice advocacy in relation to the process of counseling supervision. In this article, the authors share a rationale for integrating a social justice advocacy orientation in supervision, discuss the connection between diversity and social justice advocacy counseling competence, address challenges faced by supervisors, and suggest specific strategies for use in supervision to prepare counselors to be social justice counseling advocates.
Glosoff & Durham, 2010
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Given the immense harm inflicted on individuals and groups of color via prejudice and discrimination, it becomes imperative for our nation to begin the process of disrupting, dismantling, and disarming the constant onslaught of micro- and macroaggressions. For too long, acceptance, silence, passivity, and inaction have been the predominant, albeit ineffective, strategies for coping with microaggressions. Inaction does nothing but support and proliferate biased perpetrator behaviors which occur at individual, institutional and societal levels. This article introduces a new strategic framework developed for addressing microaggressions that moves beyond coping and survival to concrete action steps and dialogues that targets, allies, and bystanders can perform (microinterventions). A review of responses to racist acts, suggest that microaggression reactions/interventions may be primarily to (a) remain passive, retreat, or give up; (b) strike back or hurt the aggressor; (c) stop, diminish, deflect, or put an end to the harmful act; (d) educate the perpetrator; (e) validate and support the targets; (f) act as an ally; (g) seek social support; (h) enlist outside authority or institutional intervention; or (h) achieve any combination of these objectives. We organize these responses into four major strategic goals of microinterventions: (a) make the invisible visible, (b) disarm the microaggression, (c) educate the perpetrator, and (d) seek external reinforcement or support. The objectives and rationale for each goal are discussed, along with specific microintervention tactics to employ and examples of how they are executed.
Sue et al., 2019
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Professional Counseling Excellence through Leadership and Advocacy Charismatic, Transactional, & Transformational Leadership A Common characteristic between charismatic and transformational is inspirational Transactional leaders behave in ways consistent with initiating structure Transformational leaders behave in ways consistent with consideration
Chang et al., 2012
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As the academic and professional honor society of counseling, Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) has been recognized in developing advocacy, leadership, and professional identity in student and professional members. A qualitative, grounded theory study was conducted to investigate experiences of 15 early career counselors who were CSI chapter leaders as graduate students. An emergent theory of CSI chapter leadership and professional identity development in early career counselors is presented. Implications are discussed for counselor educators, CSI leaders, and counseling students and professionals, with suggestions made for future research. Although CSI's mission is to develop leadership skills, participants in this study reporyed having long histories of leadership behavior. Findings suggested that chapter leadership opportunities were based on previous leadership, raising questions around access and equity for students having not yet developed or displayed leadership behaviors. Counselor Educators including CFAs, should consider intentionally approaching members with leadership potential who have yet to have leadership experience regarding chapter leadership opportunities. Specifically, individuals from underrepresented groups (within CSI chapter and the counselor education programs) should be sought out and mentored.
Luke & Goodrich, 2010
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In 2003, the American Counseling Association (ACA) adopted the ACA Advocacy Competencies (J. A, Lewis, M. S. Arnold, R, House, & R. L. Toporek, 2002) to provide guidance to counselors and acknowledge advocacy as an ethical aspect of service to clients. This article provides a foundation for this special section by sharing a historical perspective on recent pivotal advocacy movements within the profession. An overview of the development and content of the Advocacy Competencies is provided followed by a case example to assist counselors in understanding and enhancing their application.
Toporek et al., 2009
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The fusion of scholarship and activism represents an opportunity to reflect on ways in which counselors and psychologists can begin to address the multilevel context faced by clients and client communities. Counselors and psychologists have embraced, and sometimes resisted, the wide range of roles including that of advocate and activist. This article reflects on a process that engaged workshop participants in examining the American Counseling Association Advocacy Competencies and exploring the possibilities of advocacy on behalf of their own clients. Further, the article presents recommendations for actions developed by participants through application of workshop principles regarding social action in the larger public arena. The workshop was a part of the National Multicultural and Social Justice Leadership Academy in 2010.
Lewis et al., 2011
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No matter which definition you use, oppression is when people reduce the potential for other people to be fully human. In other words, oppression is when people make other people less human. This could mean treating them in a dehumanizing manner. But, it could also mean denying people language, education, and other opportunities that might make them become fully human in both mind and body...According to Iris Marion Young, there are five “faces” or types of oppression: violence, exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, and cultural imperialism.
Young, 2004
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The unification of liberation psychology and humanistic values can provide counselors with a powerful tool for promoting social justice in counseling. In this article, the authors present and compare the principles of each theory. A discussion is delineated on how unifying liberation psychology and humanistic values may promote a comprehensive understanding of human concerns.
Chavez et al., 2016
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There are many forms of psychotherapies, each distinctive in its own way. From the origins of psychotherapy, it has been suggested that psychotherapy is effective through factors that are common to all therapies. In this article, I suggest that the commonalities that are at the core of psychotherapy are related to evolved human characteristics, which include (a) making sense of the world, (b) influencing through social means, and (c) connectedness, expectation, and mastery. In this way, all psychotherapies are humanistic.
Wampold, 2012
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Humanism and multiculturalism are partners in an evolutionary alliance. Humanistic and multicultural psychotherapies have historically influenced each other. Humanism represents the third force in psychotherapy, while multiculturalism embodies the fourth developmental stage. Multiculturalism embraces humanistic values grounded in collective and social justice contexts. Examples of multicultural humanistic constructs include contextualism, holism, and liberation. Certainly, the multicultural– humanistic connection is a necessary shift in the evolution of psychotherapy. Humanism and multiculturalism participate in the development of an inclusive and evolutionary psychotherapy.
Comas-Dias, 2012
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Relational-cultural theory (RCT) theorists advocate expanding the multicultural/social justice counseling competencies beyond the domains of self-awareness, cultural knowledge, and culturally responsive helping skills. This article provides an overview of RCT and discusses how creating and participating in growth-fostering relationships are essential dimensions of human development and psychological well-being. Implications of this theoretical model for counseling practice are also addressed. MORE details: Relational-cultural theory (RCT) was conceived after the publication of Jean Baker Miller’s (1976) Toward a New Psychology of Women- The ideas in Miller’s book emerged from her clinical practice with women in which she noted that the centrality of relationships in her clients’ lives was inconsistent with the traditional theories of counseling and human development she had been taught in medical school. According to Miller and other feminist theorists of the time, these traditional theoretical models emphasize individuation, separation, and autonomy as markers of emotional maturity and psychological health. Miller (1976), like other multicultural and feminist theorists, suggested that a lack of understanding of the contextual and relational experiences of women, people of color, and marginalized men led many mental health professionals to pathologize these individuals by misunderstanding and devaluing how these important factors contribute to the psychological well-being of all people (Robb, 2006). Consequently, RCT complements the multicultural/social justice movement by (a) identifying how contextual and sociocultural challenges impede individuals’ ability to create, sustain, and participate in growth-fostering relationships in therapy and life and (b) illuminating the complexities of human development by offering an expansive examination of the development of relational competencies over the life span.
Comstock et al., 2008
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Solution-focused (brief) therapy (SFBT) is a goal-directed collaborative approach to psychotherapeutic change that is conducted through direct observation of clients' responses to a series of precisely constructed questions. Based upon social constructionist thinking and Wittgensteinian philosophy, SFBT focuses on addressing what clients want to achieve without exploring the history and provenance of problem(s). SF therapy sessions typically focus on the present and future, focusing on the past only to the degree necessary for communicating empathy and accurate understanding of the client's concerns. Characteristic features of SFBT include: (1) At some point in the first interview, the therapist will ask the ‘Miracle Question’. (2) At least once during the first interview and at subsequent ones, the client will be asked to rate something on a scale of ‘0 -10’ or ‘1-10’. (3) At some point during the interview, the therapist will take a break. (4) After this intermission, the therapist will give the client some compliments which will sometimes (frequently) be followed by a suggestion or homework task (frequently called an ‘experiment’). One way of understanding the practice of SFBT is displayed through the acronym MECSTAT, which stands for Miracle questions, Exception questions, Coping questions, Scaling questions, Time-out, Accolades and Task
de Shazer & Berg, 1997
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❖ Cross-cultural counseling – counseling in which the counselor and client(s) are culturally different because of socialization acquired in distinct cultural, subcultural, racioethnic, or socioeconomic environments. ❖ IF both counselor and client perceive mutual cultural similarity regardless of whether its real- this is considered cross cultural counseling. ❖ IF counselor and client perceive each other culturally different, this interaction is cross cultural. ❖ Existential counseling is not a systemic helping modality, rather it draws on philosophical concepts than psychological ones – hence usage of concepts and expressions that elude precise definitions. ❖ Existential cross-cultural counselors do not concern themselves with the mechanics of the relationship ❖ Counselors should use these requirements as yardsticks to ascertain their clients’ modes of existence: ➢ Self-knowledge ➢ Authenticity ➢ Courage ➢ Unfolding – related to the courage to be is the individual’s allowing nature to take its course in terms of self ➢ Existential anxiety ➢ Meaning in life ➢ Responsibility
Vontress, 1988
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Key therapeutic ideas include 'externalizing the problem', commonly summarised as 'the person is not the problem, the problem is the problem'; 're-authoring' the dominant stories of people's lives; and the idea of 'double-listening' to accounts of trauma: not only the accounts of trauma itself, but how people have responded to trauma. Key practices of narrative therapy and 'maps' of narrative practice include: The statement of position map / externalising conversations map, Re-authoring conversations, Re-membering conversations, Definitional ceremonies, Scaffolding conversations, The absent but implicit, Responding to personal failure conversations
Epston & White, 1990
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In his original theory, he postulated that in order to understand human development, the entire ecological system in which growth occurs needs to be taken into account. This system is composed of five socially organized subsystems that support and guide human development. Each system depends on the contextual nature of the person's life and offers an evergrowing diversity of options and sources of growth. Furthermore, within and between each system are bi-directional influences. These bi-directional influences imply that relationships have impact in two directions, both away from the individual and towards the individual. Because we potentially have access to these subsystems we are able to have more social knowledge, an increased set of possibilities for learning problem solving, and access to new dimensions of self-exploration. The four systems are: Microsystem: Immediate environments (family, school, peer group, neighborhood, and childcare environments). Mesosystem: A system comprised of connections between immediate environments (i.e., a child’s home and school). Exosystem: External environmental settings which only indirectly affect development (such as parent's workplace). Macrosystem: The larger cultural context (Eastern vs. Western culture, national economy, political culture, subculture). Later a fifth system was added: Chronosystem: The patterning of environmental events and transitions over the course of life.
Bronfenbrenner, 1979
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A humanistic psychologist who agreed with the main assumptions of Abraham Maslow, but added that for a person to "grow", they need an environment that provides them with genuineness (openness and self-disclosure), acceptance (being seen with unconditional positive regard), and empathy (being listened to and understood). He rejected the deterministic nature of both psychoanalysis and behaviorism and maintained that we behave as we do because of the way we perceive our situation. "As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves." he believed that humans have one basic motive, that is the tendency to self-actualize - i.e., to fulfill one's potential and achieve the highest level of 'human-beingness' we can. Like a flower that will grow to its full potential if the conditions are right, but which is constrained by its environment, so people will flourish and reach their potential if their environment is good enough.
Rogers, 1961
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Logotherapy is based on an existential analysis focusing on Kierkegaard's will to meaning as opposed to Adler's Nietzschean doctrine of will to power or Freud's will to pleasure. Rather than power or pleasure, logotherapy is founded upon the belief that striving to find meaning in life is the primary, most powerful motivating and driving force in humans.
Frankl, 1946
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His writing on existential psychology centers on what he refers to as the four "givens" of the human condition: isolation, meaninglessness, mortality and freedom, and discusses ways in which the human person can respond to these concerns either in a functional or dysfunctional fashion. In 1970, Yalom published The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, speaking about the research literature around group psychotherapy and the social psychology of small group behavior. This work explores how individuals function in a group context, and how members of group therapy gain from his participation group.
Yalom, 1970, 1980
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Anxiety is a major focus of his and is the subject of his work "The Meaning of Anxiety". He defines it as "the apprehension cued off by a threat to some value which the individual holds essential to his existence as a self" (1967, p. 72). He also quotes Kierkegaard: "Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom". ... He claims that by shifting anxiety to a fear, one can therefore discover incentives to either avoid the feared object or find the means to remove this fear of it. He is considered "the father of existential psychotherapy" in the US. He saw (anxiety) as an entryway into true personal freedom... "anxiety is essential to an individual's growth …this is a way that humans enact their freedom to live a life of dignity…to live life to the fullest."
May, 1950