The dubious reliability of methodological handholds in counseling

Standardization of consulting processes has generated methodical elements and definitions. Simultaneously other important elements of such consulting processes have been factored out. This paper tries to outline some of the vanished qualities of consulting, being covered up by standardization: The u...

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Published inSoziale Passagen Journal für Empirie und Theorie Sozialer Arbeit Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 131 - 146
Main Author Lackner, Karin
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published 01.06.2012
Subjects
Apprenticeships
Autonomy
Consultants
Counseling
Intimacy
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Summary:Standardization of consulting processes has generated methodical elements and definitions. Simultaneously other important elements of such consulting processes have been factored out. This paper tries to outline some of the vanished qualities of consulting, being covered up by standardization: The unique relationship that develops between clients and their consultants, the shared feeling of intimacy during a satisfying consulting process. Professional consulting has to combine both qualities: The standards, criteria of quality, methodological accuracy on one hand and the very unique and personal relationship between clients and consultants on the other hand. Thus, professional consulting means constantly being aware of balancing the contradiction of dependency and autonomy during consulting. Handling this dialectic relationship in praxis and apprenticeship prerequisites the quality of the craft. Adapted from the source document
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ISSN:1867-0180
1867-0199
DOI:10.1007/s12592-012-0102-6