Toward a Theory of Marriage Counseling
A Humanistic Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4393550 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerhard Neubeck (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 117 |
| Publication date | 1973-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Family Coordinator (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-7214 • E-ISSN: 2325-5501 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/582966 |
| OpenAlex | W26325393 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
If marriage itself can be considered as the last stronghold of amateurism, marriage counseling is usually regarded as an activity that is eclectic, but in the unfavorable sense. Paul E. Meehl in his introduction to Therapeutic Psychology (Brammer and Shostrom, 1960) referred to this kind of eclecticism in respect to psychotherapy saying, Most of us, if we hear a psychotherapist described as being eclectic, tend immediately to think of someone who has not been trained to do anything particularly well, and whose cognitive activity with respect to the technology he practices is either muddled or nonexistent. Gerald Manus, (1966) in his provocative paper, Marriage Counseling: A Technique in Search of a Theory, makes this point in specific reference to marriage counseling when he claims that there is no succinct and consistent theory underlying this vast and, at least in the United States, widely demanded service. Gerald Leslie, (1964) suggests that a synthesis of concepts must be found to develop a theory of marriage counseling. My thinking out loud here is a stab in that direction. Another way of saying it is that a great many marriage counselors probably counsel by the seat of their pants and it is time to think more precisely about why they are doing what they are doing. To try to put it all together, going with the popular slogan, to assemble all the strains which have led to the
Humanism · Humanistic education · Humanistic psychology · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Theology · Child Therapy and Development · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1975 - 1976 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |