Developmental Psychology and Clinical Psychology for Clinical Practice

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  • 臨床実践における発達心理学と臨床心理学
  • リンショウ ジッセン ニ オケル ハッタツ シンリガク ト リンショウ シンリガク

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The purpose of this paper is to make clear the conflict between developmental psychology and clinical psychology and consider the unifiable direction of both for clinical practice. Considering the origins of developmental psychology and clinical psychology there is the essential difference. Because the former aims to clarify the way of human developmental functions and the latter aims to understand the human motive which moves man. So it is the very difficult process to synthesize both. When the client faces a difficult problem in his (her) life, he (she) asks the mixed two different questions. One is "how the problem happens?" and the other is "why it happens upon only my life?" The specialists in psychology should explain and respond to the both questions. It means we must listen to the client's trouble carefully and then give some professional advice of appropriate supports that the client needs. I consider that it is the essence of clinical practice, so we need to observe and feel the client. On the place of clinical practice, it is better to have both exterior view and interior view for the purpose of understanding the client. Furthermore, the specialists in psychology should appeal the necessary supports for the improvement of the client's situation to other professions and work up the proper system through their collaboration.

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