Humanistic Psychotherapy and the Issue of Equality

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ID9022225
AuthorsBonnie Burstow (17 Yarmouth Road, Toronto, M6G 1W7, Canada., corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume27
Issue1
Pages9-25
Publication date1987-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022167887271002
OpenAlexW2006196908
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited4

While strongly endorsing the values of the third force, the author of this article takes issue with mainstream humanistic psychotherapists such as Rogers for attributing the therapy relationship/ situation with a more egalitarian nature than it does or could have. The corresponding purposes of this article are (1) to correct the misconceptions involved; (2) to suggest how they arose; (3) to sort out where equality exists and where it does not exist and (4) to explore the problems that arise from the misconceptions in question. The author distinguishes between areas of absolute equality, areas where inequality usually but does not always pertain, and areas of necessary inequality. Clients' not getting the help needed and increased manipulation are among the problems identified as arising when equality is claimed in instances and/or on levels where it does not exist

Epistemology · Humanism · Humanistic psychology · Inequality · Mainstream · Political science · Psychotherapist · Sociology · sort · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy

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