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Early Recollections: A Humanistic Assessment in Counseling
Early Recollections: A Humanistic Assessment in Counseling
Humanistic Assessment in
Counseling.
Authors:
Clark, Arthur J.1 ac/a@stlawu.edu
Source:
Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education & Development.
Spring2001, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p96-105. 9p.
Document Type:
Article
Subject
Terms:
*Counseling
*Evaluation
*Counselors
Early memories
Recollection (Psychology)
Lifestyles
Abstrac
The article examines early recollections as an assessment tool in
counseling. Early recollections is a projective methodology to
systematically reveal enduring personality trends or characteristics of
a person's lifestyle. In counseling sessions, a counselor might
empathize with the client and acknowledge feelings and perceptions
evoked by the early recollections. After interpreting the memories and
integrating the findings with other relevant data, a counselor may use
the insights generated to prepare a coherent framework for
therapeutic change and development. As a projective technique, early
recollections enhance the understanding of the uniqueness and
potential of individuals. In the context of an empathic interaction, the
counselor is able to acknowledge perspectives of client that evoke
personal meaning. Eliciting early recollections emphasizes specific
guidelines that are contiguous with the counseling process.
Synthesizing the critical factors of characters, themes, details, and
affect from early memories enables practitioners to develop
hypotheses relating to clients' core convictions or lifestyle. The
interpretation of early recollections also involves three ways of
knowing about persons that provide perspectives from multiple
sources of data through a contextual assessment.
Author A
1
Associate Professor and coordinator of the Counseling and
Development Program, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York.
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ISSN:
1931-0293
DOI:
10.1002/j.2164-490X.2001.tb00105.x
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