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Becoming a Scholar-Practitioner
Throughout this course you have focused on various counseling and psychotherapy theories and perspectives. However, it is important to relate the knowledge and skills you have gained to becoming a scholar-practitioner who effects social change.
To prepare for this Discussion:
• Think about what it means to be a scholar-practitioner who effects social change.
• Reflect on what you said in the Week 1 Discussion about how an understanding of counseling and psychotherapy theories can contribute to the effectiveness of a scholar-practitioner who effects social change.
• Reconsider, taking into account what you have learned in this course, how the development of your personal theory of counseling and psychotherapy can contribute to being an effective scholar-practitioner who effects social change.
Question With these thoughts in mind:
your current thinking about how the development of your personal theory of counseling and psychotherapy can contribute to your being an effective scholar-practitioner who effects social change.
Media
• Video: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2006). Counseling and psychotherapy theories: Contemporary issues and future trends. Baltimore: Author.