What is it about?
This article precedes my work on the social constructivism paradigm, most notably addressed in works on Radical Social Constructivism. This paper lays the groundwork for the definition of the social constructivism paradigm, which purports a fully relational ontology--everything is relationship and relationships are everything.
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Why is it important?
It is a groundbreaking work on this topic, defining bot a relational framework for mental health services, and also purporting a paradigm nosology for the mental health enterprise.
Perspectives
This work was important in the progression of ideas from social systems theory through radical social constructivism.
University of Missouri Curators' Distinguished Professor Robert Rocco Cottone
University of Missouri St. Louis
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This page is a summary of: A Contextual Paradigm of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Answering a Critique of Social Systems Theory, The Family Journal, July 1993, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1066480793013005.
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