Abstract
The authors argue that counseling psychologists will benefit from the development of conceptual frameworks that focus attention and consideration on the moral dimensions of psychotherapeutic practice. The authors present such a conceptualization with respect to actual psychotherapeutic conversations, and they provide an empirical illustration of how this conceptual framework illuminates the moral dimension of such conversations. The authors also briefly explore possibilities for further conceptual and empirical study of moral aspects of counseling and psychotherapy.
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ConceptualizationPsychologyDimension (graph theory)Focus (optics)EpistemologyConceptual frameworkEmpirical researchMoral developmentSocial psychologyPsychotherapist
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- 23
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- 324-347
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Jeff Sugarman,
Jack Martin
(1995).
The Moral Dimension.
The Counseling Psychologist
, 23
(2)
, 324-347.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000095232008
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- 10.1177/0011000095232008