The Counseling Psychologist as an Organizational Consultant

Leonard, Mary M.

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“…Whether on a full-or part-time basis, consultation has become a professional activity of an ever-increasing proportion of counseling psychologists (Leonard, 1977). The consultant functions outside of the organization but will typically address any of the above-mentioned specialties that are not being effectively handled by company personnel.…”

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Corporate Psychology: An Answer to Occupational Mental Health

Leonards

1981

The Personnel and Guidance Journal

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Corporate planners acknowledge that productivity is directly related to employee mental health. This recognition is reflected by the recent upsurge of corporate in‐house, human resource programs. Although their latent function may be economic rather than humanitarian, these programs nevertheless provide psychological assistance for problems considered to be normal episodes of human development. Counseling psychologists may be the best equipped to work with a corporate clientele because, unlike the clinician, the counselor is trained to work with healthy, instead of disturbed, personalities. Most of the developmental crises encountered by the corporate psychologist are associated with stress, midlife, or career development.

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Corporate Psychology: An Answer to Occupational Mental Health

Leonards

1981

The Personnel and Guidance Journal

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“…What needs to be underlined is that none of these models of consultation can be followed in an identical manner. Each theory makes distinct assumptions concerning the nature of humans, how people learn, and how change occurs (Bennis and others, 1976;Leonard, 1977). The five theories examined are those of Caplan (1964), Blocher (1975), Alinsky (1972), Huebner (1977), andSchein (1969.…”

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“…Huebner (1977) and Moore and Delworth (1976) suggest the creation of learning packets of specific skills which students or professionals could master as they became more interested in consultation work. Leonard (1977) observes that consultation expertise can be gained through an apprenticeship training model. These alternatives seem more viable for students than fifteen additional hours tacked onto a graduate program which may already represent 110 + credit hours.…”

Section: Issues In Consultationmentioning

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