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theoretical integration

combining concepts from different therapeutic approaches to produce meaningful frames that may help explain the dynamics or causes of problems in the functioning of an individual when any single traditional theoretical approach by itself fails to explain the behavior adequately.

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occupational counseling

an early 20th-century approach to vocational guidance. Three steps were identified in the process: (a) relevant knowledge of self, (b) realistic knowledge of occupations, and (c) true reasoning in making sensible choices. [proposed by U.S. educator Frank Parsons (1854–1908)]