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https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/17186| Type: | Journal Article |
| Title: | The place for judgement in postmodern clinical practice |
| Other Titles: | Psychotherapy in Australia |
| Authors: | Shaw, Elisabeth |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Citation: | No 1 Vol.: 19 |
| Notes: | Current psychotherapy practice rejects the traditional modernist perspective of the therapist as an authoritative, paternalistic and oppressive figure who favours their own professional and personal truths as universal. In contrast, the therapist within a postmodernist discourse is cast as a collaborative, accepting and 'non-judgemental' figure who privileges the voice and experience of the client over their own. While many therapists would prefer to not make judgements, there are times when therapists are required by third parties to make active judgements of their clients through professional assessments, making a diagnosis, report writing, or through moral imperatives that demand a response to circumstances such as child abuse, domestic violence, or substance abuse. Elisabeth Shaw highlights the challenges for therapists in maintaining the therapeutic frame while meeting the need to recognise, embrace and utilise judgements of various sorts. She points to the value for therapists to engage consciously in their ongoing process of judgement, and to understand themselves and the therapeutic endeavour with this in view. Where collaboration and regulation have to exist side by side, the priority for better practice may be to strengthen and facilitate a more robust relational dialogue between client and therapist. |
| URI: | https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/17186 |
| Physical description: | Pages 28 |
| Appears in Collections: | Journal Articles |
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