Left‐Right Brain Research and Its Premature Generalization to the Counseling Setting

Robbins, Steven B.

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6676.1985.tb01092.x

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“…Social learning theorists (e.g., Bandura, 1977) are interested in symbolic mediation. Proponents of the human potential movement emphasize creative processes found in the right hemisphere of the brain (see Robbins, 1985, for discussion). Freud (1905/1953c) actually may have provided one of the first comprehensive views of mental processes, directing attention to the subtleties of thought and the wishful side of persons' private experience.…”

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Role of contemporary psychoanalysis in counseling psychology.

Robbins¹

1989

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Examines the potential relevance of contemporary psychoanalysis to counseling theory, research, and practice. It is argued that contemporary psychoanalytic theorists increasingly emphasize (a) adaptive processes, or those features of the person that mediate the demands and pressures of both internal and external realities, and (b) social relations, or the influence of important others on developmental processes. To distinguish between theories of the person and the treatment hour, a number of emerging topics relevant to the counseling psychologist are highlighted. In regard to theories of the person, the process of psychological separation, adaptation across the life span, and cognitive processes are discussed. Within the treatment hour, the central role of relationship variables, the role of interpretation and stage processes within brief therapy models, and the need to match personality characteristics to intervention strategies are noted. Contemporary psychoanalytic thought will not hold a central position in counseling psychology until systematic research on psychoanalytic propositions is conducted.

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Role of contemporary psychoanalysis in counseling psychology.

Robbins¹

1989

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Neurocounseling: A New Section of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling

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2017

Journal of Mental Health Counseling

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Despite the growing momentum to infuse neuroscience into counseling, neuroscience-related publications are relatively scant in flagship counseling journals. In response, this January 2017 edition of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling introduces a new section entitled “Neurocounseling” that will remedy this gap in the literature. This article provides a rationale for the creation of the Neurocounseling section that includes a discussion of current trends in research initiatives, the evolution of the term neurocounseling, and the existing neuroscience-related publications in flagship counseling journals. Additionally, this article outlines the vision for the Neurocounseling section that will aid readers as they conceptualize and conduct neurocounseling research as well as prepare manuscripts for publication.

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Left‐Right Brain Research and Its Premature Generalization to the Counseling Setting

Abstract: Brain lateralization research has led to speculation about counseling and guidance implications of left-right brain differences. Serious limitations in these implications are highlighted.

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Role of contemporary psychoanalysis in counseling psychology.

Role of contemporary psychoanalysis in counseling psychology.

Neurocounseling: A New Section of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling

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