Promoting Pluralism in Counselling: an Untapped Source of Relational Mapping as Therapeutic Process

Donna Carlyle

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Abstract

This paper discusses the merits of pluralism in practice. It argues for a wider recognition of creative and integrative approaches, such as those used in the field of children’s geographies (involving places and spaces), as a way of unlocking practitioner potential and innovation. By re-thinking child and human development, viewing it as socially, culturally and philosophically bound, through the proposed concept of ‘vectors of entanglements’, the author seeks to demonstrate and encourage the application of hybrid approaches across multi-disciplinary fields. Through the use of diagramming and mapping the interconnectedness of relationships across space and place, the therapeutic process is brought to life to encourage practitioners to explore the ‘invisible’ threads that constitute significant meanings to clients.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)311-321
JournalInternational Journal for the Advancement of Counselling
Volume39
Issue number4
Early online date21 Jul 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2017

Keywords

  • Hybridity
  • Pluralism
  • Child/human development
  • Psychogeography
  • Mapping
  • Diagramming

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