An Integrative Model of Counselling
An Integrative Model of Counseling
Frank-Hagen Hofmann
Contact: Counseling Service for Students Gartenstraße 2 ▪ D-69115 Heidelberg fh.hofmann@stw.uni-heidelberg.de
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Fedora Summer University, Leiden 16.06.2008
Who I am…
• 2001 – 2006
Study at the Department of Psychology, Heidelberg University
• Since april 2007
PhD student at the Counseling Service for Students, University of Heidelberg Currently training in Behavior Therapy
3
Fedora Summer University, Leiden 16.06.2008
Integrative Counseling
• Table of contents:
▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ Introduction Description of components Benefits and implications for practicioners Illustration Empirical evaluation
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Fedora Summer University, Leiden 16.06.2008
Why do we need an Integrative Model of Counseling?
• Introduction • Components • Implications
• Eclecticism is frequent
▫ Coherent theoretical framework is lacking ▫ No rational why techniques work ▫ Scientifically unsatisfying
• Illustration
• Evaluation
• Different approaches to counseling and psychotherapy do not exclude each other
▫ Potential for mutual supplementation
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Fedora Summer University, Leiden 16.06.2008
Alliance
• Introduction • Components ▫ Alliance
▫
▫ ▫ ▫
• The most important unspecific determinant for treatment outcome • Implicitly present in every approach to psychotherapy and counseling • Relationship between counselor and client plays a major role in client-centered counseling
▫ Empathy ▫ Genuineness ▫ Unconditional regard Rogers (1957)
Behavior
Cognitions Dynamics Existential
• Implications
• Illustration • Evaluation
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Fedora Summer University, Leiden 16.06.2008
Alliance
• Introduction • Components ▫ Alliance
▫
▫ ▫ ▫
• Relationship between client and counselor
▫ constitutes the frame in which specific interventions take place!
Behavior
Cognitions Dynamics Existential
• „The success of all techniques depends on the patient‘s sense of alliance …“ • Luborsky: Helping
Frank-Hagen Hofmann
Contact: Counseling Service for Students Gartenstraße 2 ▪ D-69115 Heidelberg fh.hofmann@stw.uni-heidelberg.de
2
Fedora Summer University, Leiden 16.06.2008
Who I am…
• 2001 – 2006
Study at the Department of Psychology, Heidelberg University
• Since april 2007
PhD student at the Counseling Service for Students, University of Heidelberg Currently training in Behavior Therapy
3
Fedora Summer University, Leiden 16.06.2008
Integrative Counseling
• Table of contents:
▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ Introduction Description of components Benefits and implications for practicioners Illustration Empirical evaluation
4
Fedora Summer University, Leiden 16.06.2008
Why do we need an Integrative Model of Counseling?
• Introduction • Components • Implications
• Eclecticism is frequent
▫ Coherent theoretical framework is lacking ▫ No rational why techniques work ▫ Scientifically unsatisfying
• Illustration
• Evaluation
• Different approaches to counseling and psychotherapy do not exclude each other
▫ Potential for mutual supplementation
5
Fedora Summer University, Leiden 16.06.2008
Alliance
• Introduction • Components ▫ Alliance
▫
▫ ▫ ▫
• The most important unspecific determinant for treatment outcome • Implicitly present in every approach to psychotherapy and counseling • Relationship between counselor and client plays a major role in client-centered counseling
▫ Empathy ▫ Genuineness ▫ Unconditional regard Rogers (1957)
Behavior
Cognitions Dynamics Existential
• Implications
• Illustration • Evaluation
6
Fedora Summer University, Leiden 16.06.2008
Alliance
• Introduction • Components ▫ Alliance
▫
▫ ▫ ▫
• Relationship between client and counselor
▫ constitutes the frame in which specific interventions take place!
Behavior
Cognitions Dynamics Existential
• „The success of all techniques depends on the patient‘s sense of alliance …“ • Luborsky: Helping