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Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danışma Kuramlarının Felsefi Temelleri
The Philosophical Bases of Guidance and Psychological Counselling Theories

Author(s): Gürsen Topses
Subject(s): Epistemology, Existentialism, Philosophy of Mind, Psychoanalysis, Ontology
Published by: Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
Keywords: Guidance and philosophy; psychological counseling and philosophy;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to discuss the activities of “guidance and psychological counselling help” discipline which is regarded as application of science of psychology connected with the” What is human being”of the discipline of philosophy and the philosophical bases of psychological counseling theories. Efforts have been made to determine not only the philosophical bases of psychological counseling theories but also their world views with regard to the assistance of human being. The views of current psychological counseling theories have been associated with the epistemological and ethic systems of philosophers and thinkers and they have been associated with epistemological and ethic systems of philosophers and thinkers and they have been criticized. Furthermore, philosophies and views that are consistent with each other are determined and examined. The systematic world of behaviorist, psychoanalytic, gestalt, existentialist, and humanistic psychological counseling teheories, their basic approach therapy are also the subject of this paper. First of all, the views of philosophy and brief explanations are provided of views and ideas consistent with the basic aims of psychoanalytic, gestalt, existentialist and humanistic theories of psychology made to the nature of human being, the ontological condition of human beings and to the science of psychology are discussed under the heading “the philosophical dimensions of psychological are discussed under the heading “the philosophical distentions of psychological counseling theories”. Thus, effort have been made to establish firmly the theoretical of dimensions of activities and field of application under the light therapeutic views of these theories.

  • Issue Year: 18/2012
  • Issue No: 70
  • Page Range: 93-105
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Turkish