A Call for a Pluralist Epistemological Understanding in the Assessment and Evaluation of Counselling.

Goss, Steve; Mearns, Dave

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Publication Date: 1997

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A Call for a Pluralist Epistemological Understanding in the Assessment and Evaluation of Counselling.

Goss, Steve; Mearns, Dave

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, v25 n2 p189-98 May 1997

Discusses the futility of the "paradigm war" between reductionistic/positivistic and phenomenological/naturalistic philosophies within counseling evaluation. Traces attempts at creating a "truce" based on a strict demarcation of territory. Concludes that more could be gained by accepting both philosophies and by creating a pluralist model. (RJM)

Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Counseling Theories, Epistemology, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Naturalism, Phenomenology

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Language: English

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