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This paper argues that a recurrent ideological theme of counseling history is the transition from viewing people as singular to conceptualizing them as multiple or diverse. Unfortunately, however, these laudable multiplicity movements regularly revert to a position of singularity. The implications of this ideological cycle for counseling practice are discussed.
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Hansen, J. Multiplicity and Its Discontents: Life on the Counseling Farm. Int J Adv Counselling 32, 240–247 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-010-9103-3
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