Radical Relativism is Destroying the Helping Professions: Solid Ground #181 with John Paulson
About this episode
John Paulson discusses the impact of radical relativism on the helping professions and the need for alternative approaches to psychotherapy.
John's notes in summary: 1. It is important for us to continue to bring awareness to and more consistently and directly challenge these ideologies, as they continue to dominate and flourish in academia and the helping professions2. We need to increasingly reject the narrative and refuse to accept the suggestion or insistence that one side is unquestionably correct and that anyone who disagrees is not only wrong but a violent oppressor3. That psychotherapy is not something that everyone needs, especially if training programs and professional organizations are going to continue to insist on radical ideologies. We need to stop seeing therapists as paragons of wisdom and virtue and be more open to the benefits of alternative helping services, such as secular or spiritual life coaching and other alternatives to traditional psychotherapyJohn Paulson is an Associate Professor of Social Work at a regional midwestern university and has taught for the past 10 years in both the undergraduate and graduate social work programs. John began teaching as an adjunct at a community college in 2004 and transitioned to teaching full time at that college in 2011 and did so for 4 years before accepting…
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