Question

Discuss how you define your theoretical orientation or building theoretical orientation to the human service field. How will you expan upon your current understanding?

Answer 1

The term Theoretical Orientation is widely used in the field of Psychology. It is also used in Psychotherapy. It is a key governing concept in Psychological field and profession. Outcomes, experiences and other factors are highly dependent on this crucial aspect of Professional Practice.

In the field of Psychology and psychotherapy, every professionals or therapists have general consensus a standard approach to address issues or problems of their clients. In other words, psychologists work in more generalise way in addressing the issues of their clients. Their approaches and procedures to treat their clients are more or less standard and same. This standardized work process or method adopted by the psychologists is generally known as the Theoretical orientation or simply Orientation. As a standard practice psychologists or Psychotherapists initiates talk with the clients to know and understand their problems in general, listens to them carefully and identify the core problems or issues of the clients and then prescribes or help their clients to resolve their issues.

In my opinion, our theoretical orientation is extremely important because as a psychological counsellor, Theoretical Orientation is large part of our Professional Identity. For example, It is how we conceptualize our clients and their issues. Theoretical Foundation is the platform which provides a base for treatment planning and the intervention strategies that we use.Moreover, a deeper understanding of one’s theoretical Orientation helps us in establishing guidelines or expectations of our approach, area of expertise and services to clients.