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This paper attempts to merge the dialectical perspective within the framework of counselling psychology. Both objective and subjective approaches to counselling are reviewed and a synthetical solution is proposed which falls within the all-encompassing dialectical perspective. Dialectical psychology's emphasis on process, change and values is seen as having implications for research (e.g., biographical or historical) and practice (e.g., ‘eclectic’ counselling).
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Short, R.H., Boon, B.J. Counselling as a dialectical process. Int J Adv Counselling 13, 129–143 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00115708
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