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In search of a paradigm: The responsible counselling of youth for responsibility

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An ethical basis for a youth counselling paradigm is searched for and found in the writings of Albert Schweitzer, Martin Buber, Karl Jaspers and Karl Popper. A structure of counselling with explicit ethic is described and is contained in the metaphors of these authors. Popper particularly contributes to the translation of structure into process with his concept of ‘totality’. The structure and process of the paradigm are applied to the practical therapy and counselling of drug dependent youth.

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  1. A. H. Freed
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Freed, A.H. In search of a paradigm: The responsible counselling of youth for responsibility. Int J Adv Counselling 8, 329–340 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00117150

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