Depolarization of the Client's Moral Position as a Method of Psychological Consultation
In an earlier article we attempted to construct a universal psychotherapeutic theory. On the basis of an analysis of the works of Freud (1923), Carl Rogers (1965), and V. Frankel (1990), we distinguished some universal principles in explaining the mechanisms of formation of neurotic symptoms and formulated, in a more general way, the principal goal of psychotherapy of neuroses (Kapustin, 1993). We also showed that these principles can be used to explain the mechanisms of a broader range of clients' problems in psychological consultation (Kapustin, 1994). We regarded the purpose of a psychological consultation for this range of problems as a somewhat universal one, independent of the content of the problems or of the symptoms accompanying their mental disorders. Further development of our theory will inevitably require the development of a technique of consultation that fits the language and the concepts of the given theory.