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Counseling Practices in America

The purpose of this paper is to examine the current status and trends in counseling in the United States. To this end, the paper presents and discusses a representative sampling of the research in this area. Specifically, the paper discusses the trends and current status of Counseling in America as it relates to: (1) Individual clinical practice; (2) The use of counseling in businesses and organizations; and (3) The use of counseling in the medical environment, e.g. counseling chronically ill patients. Since the majority of counseling is in the area of individual practice, the bulk of the review emphasizes trends and status as it relates to this area of counseling.

Current Status and Trends in U.S. Counseling

Current Trends/Status of Counseling in Clinical Practice

As noted by Peterson and Nisenholz (1994), in clinical practice, counseling services utilize a variety of theoretical models. However, in terms of the actual practice of counseling, a large majority of counselors have been found to prefer humanistic theoretical perspectives such as the perspectives offered by gestalt or transpersonal therapeutic paradigms. According to Peterson and Nisenholz (1994), the transpersonal approach is itself one of the newest forces in psychology---barely two decades old. The authors define this counseling approach as concerning:

...itself with what is beyond and through those characteristics that make up one's personality, while still connecting all persons. The basic assumption...is that there is more to an individual than one's personality. (p.126)

As implied by the foregoing quote, there has always been a strong spiritual component to the transpersonal counseling approach, especially as that element relates to interpersonal relations and relationships. However, Adams (1996) reports that in the current decade, the spiritual element of transpersonal psychology is becoming stronger and is increasingly being examined ...

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