The Evolution of Counseling Psychology - Hardcover

Blocher PhD, Donald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826113486 ISBN 13: 9780826113481

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2000

Synopsis

This volume provides a clear and readable history of the development of psychological thought in the field of counseling psychology. The author traces the origins of counseling psychology in the Guidance Movement and the influence of humanitarian concerns from the Progressive Era. He describes rofessionalization of the field as well as the long search for professional identity and the influence of the burgeoning practice of psychotherapy.

The seminal ideas of the four great traditions that have shaped the field are described: the trait and factor tradition, the developmental tradition, the humanistic tradition, and the behavioral tradition. Managed Care, diversity, and gender issues and their impact on the profession today are addressed making this volume an ideal text and overview of the field for students as well as psychologists intending to work as counselors.

About this title

About the Author:

Donald H. Blocher, PhD, is a professor emertitus of counseling psychology at the State University of New York at Albany. Dr. Blocher received his PhD in counseling psychology at the University of Minnesota. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a past president of the Division of Counseling Psychology. Dr. Blocher has served on the faculties of the University of Minnesota and the University of Western Ontario as well as at the University at Albany. He was also a Fulbright Professor at the University of Keele in the United Kingdom. He has been a visiting lecturer at a number of universities in the United States and aboard. Dr. Blocher is the author of a number of books including Developmental Counseling , now in its 4th edition, and has contributed numerous book chapters and journal articles to the counseling literature. Dr. Blocher has taught history in the public schools, served as a school counselor and school psychologist, and was an Intelligence Officer in the United States Air Force. He is currently engaged in writing and consulting.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0826113486
• ISBN 13: 9780826113481
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344