Models of Counseling & Psychotherapy Ward, Donald E. "The Trend Toward Eclecticism an

Donald Ward describes various paradigmatic models dealing with such topics as metatheory, group work, and client functioning. His article is historiographical in tone, in that he attempts to both describe and comment on major trends in counseling and therapy. In basic terms, Ward describes the major trends in psychotherapy, albeit in brief. His material on group work is the most extensive, and his attention to the process of psychological measurement indicates that there are more relationships between metatheory and group work than previously noted.

One basic weakness in the article is the author's consistent need to overgeneralize the very models he proposes to utilize. Indeed, one might have asked if he had actually studied the authors in question in any great detail.

However, for a basic introduction to the principal theoretical implications within the counseling field, the article is valuable. It is concise, full of additional secondary sources from the major aspects of the literature, and focuses on the principle doctrines of each theory. In this, Ward ignores some relevant material from certain theorists. Nevertheless, this may be considered both a strength and a weakness under the academic requirements and constraints of this article. Hutchins, David E. "Improving the Coun

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major trends from both fields in order to better understand and work with each. In spite of Collins' pretended lack of bias, the article clearly comes down on the side of evangelical theory. He seems to pick and choose which parts of psychology he will credit and deal with, the rest are simply discarded or deemed irrelevant. Still, the basic premise of integration as presented in this article is sound. Similarly, the merging of any divergence in analytical thought must be accomplished with great care so that the assurance may be made that comparisons and methodologies under question have the same basic premises and are applicable in both disciplines. In this, Collins' work is valuable and, at times, inspiring. Crabb, Lawrence J., Jr. "Biblical Authority and Christian Psychology." Journal of Psychology and Theology 9 4 (Winter 1981): 30511. This is another article written from the viewpoint of a theologian that attempts to come to terms with the issue of integration between theology and psychology. Crabb believes that it is possible to use the Christian Bible as a basis to evaluate and clarify certain issues under the discipline of psychology. Further, Crabb posits the notion that Christian psychologists may both affirm
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