Practitioners as People: Dialogic Encounters for Transformation
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Keywords:
Sheila McNamee, Practitioners, People, Dialogic Encounters, Transformation, Therapeutic state, Thomas Szasz, Pathologising Discourse, Michel Foucault, Diagnosis, Mental Disease, Relational Bonds, Community, Radical Presence, Relational Being. Keneth Gergen, Response, Dehumanising practices, Social activism, Construction, Isolation, Addiction, Johann Hari, Bruce Alexander, Humanising People, Future.
Uploaded: December 2015, Issue 28
Keywords:
Sheila McNamee, Practitioners, People, Dialogic Encounters, Transformation, Therapeutic state, Thomas Szasz, Pathologising Discourse, Michel Foucault, Diagnosis, Mental Disease, Relational Bonds, Community, Radical Presence, Relational Being. Keneth Gergen, Response, Dehumanising practices, Social activism, Construction, Isolation, Addiction, Johann Hari, Bruce Alexander, Humanising People, Future.
Sheila McNamee
Ph.D., Professor of Communication, University of New Hampshire
Abstract
Several important issues within our profession are addressed. These include ethical questions of evaluation, expertise, and training.