Phenomenological vs diagnostic Flashcards
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What is diagnostic stance
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Understanding of the expert, objective issues that can be identified and compared to prior cases. Identifiable pathological like illness
2
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What is phenomenological stance
A
More of a case specific approach, each client has their own issues depending on their past and present lived experience.
Concrete actuality instead of abstract hypothesise generated by the therapist.
3
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Phenomenological idea of the person
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Holistic idea of the person as part of their experience, mind and body.
Unique totality of the mind.
Environment and person co-create identity together.
Nothing is truly objective, subjective experience can never be fully understood.
