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field of counseling/psychology

Running head : PSYCHOLOGY

Field of counseling /psychology

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The scientific tradition of counseling is one of the major factors that have greatly influenced and shaped my understanding on the practice of counseling . The scientific history of modern counseling dates back to time of Sigmund Freud , who was a trained neurologist who developed a variety of ways to deal with hysterical patients . Sigmund referred to these ways as psychoanalysis (Mulhauser , 2010 . Freud 's strategies of dealing with psychological problems were adopted by psychologists who

br existed at that time . Freud strongly supported the idea of lay analysts who had no medical training . He made it clear that medicine and counseling were two different things . Other approaches to dealing with psychological problems were developed based on Sigmund 's psychoanalysis (Mulhauser , 2010 . Psychologists started focusing on what could be observed in the outside world instead of just looking at the internal behaviors of a person . Carl Rodgers is the other person who pioneered the scientific approach to counseling . Rodgers developed an approach that focused on the experience of an individual without taking on elaborate in addition to theoretical constructs that cannot be empirically tested . Humanistic branch of counseling was also tested (Mulhauser , 2010 . Rodgers who was not permitted by the psychiatric profession to regard himself as a psychotherapist adopted the term counseling . Rodgers later on turned out to be one of the most influential empirical scientists in the field of counseling . He introduced a variety of scientific modalities to psychology...

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