Wellness as the Paradigm for Counseling and Development : The Possible Future
نویسنده
چکیده
Article: Wellness refers to the maximizing of human potential through positive life-style choices. This holistic paradigm offers a philosophical base for counseling and development that provides guidelines for intervention and at the same time emphasizes the uniqueness of our approach as counseling and development professionals to mental health concerns. The author advocates a wellness paradigm rather than the illness-oriented medical model as being most reflective of our profession.
منابع مشابه
Multifunctional Agriculture: Agriculture Renewal as a Modern Paradigm for Agriculture and Rural Development
Multifunctional agriculture (MFA) has emerged as a key concept in science and politics with respect to the future of agriculture and rural development in the recent decade. Overall, MFA implies that in addition to their main function in production and support of rural livelihood, the agricultural activities have some other advantages for the environment including the conservation of water and s...
متن کاملجایگاه آموزش در توسعه پایدار شهری
Sustainability is a pattern for thinking about the future in which environmental, social and economic considerations, are in a balanced state with each other, in order to improve the quality of life. Sustainable city is a city in which due to economic use of resources, avoid to producing too much waste and recycling them as much as possible and adopt effective policies, is able to maintain its ...
متن کاملNoospheric Psychological-Educational Paradigm as a Methodological Basis for Teaching Russian-Language Business Communication to Foreign Students
In the context of the polyparadigmatic system of higher education, the noospheric psychological-pedagogical paradigm is considered, on its basis a lingvodidactic model is developed for the formation of professional-communicative competence (PCC) in Russian-language business communication among foreign students. The research focuses on the basic principles of the noospheric paradigm, which procl...
متن کاملThe paradigm model of institutionalization of academic extracurricular sports activities for student (prospective or future) teachers of Farhangian University
The purpose of this study was to present a paradigm model of institutionalization of academic extracurricular sports activities for student (prospective or future) teachers of Farhangian University. The present study was conducted using a qualitative method with an exploratory nature and Grounded Theory systematic approach, which is based on guidelines proposed by Corbin and Strauss. The study ...
متن کاملEmployability in Construction Career Counseling Using Life Design Paradigm
Changes in the current world of work require the use of new personalization capabilities such as employability. A dynamic approach is required to encourage people to creatively think and redesign needs, interests and life experiences. The aim of the present study was the effectiveness of group career counseling based on life design on employability. The research method was semi-experimental, an...
متن کامل