Once we get the pinata perspective we see that loosening and expanding our minds can be a peak experience. During this year I would like for all of us to be more like Trudy, getting into the pinata perspective and practicing awe-robics by considering a constructivist theme in Counselor Education and Supervision. A philosophical framework of constructivism, with its contextual focus, forces the consideration of the social, cultural, psychological, economic and political circumstances upon which our professional behaviors are based. When we consider constructivism in regard to therapeutic approaches, we view a model that focuses on each person's unique reality. We will continue to incorporate the important concepts of the past.
Constructivist therapists accept the world of the client.
They are more harmonious with pluralism and tolerant of diverse approaches to therapeutic intervention. Each client's uniqueness and each client's reality is tantamount. The client is not molded and circumscribed, but respected and encouraged to find individualized solutions to psychological difficulties. The counselor moves from placing the client in predetermined categories to a new model that focuses on the developmental, emotional, and cognitive meaning-making system of the client along with the social factors that interact with and influence this system over time. This model of counseling gives the client's worldview primacy.