I was asked to be a guest speaker recently at a Coaches training event. Long story short, I had fun ... until the end, when I realized I'd said something that didn't appeal to the trainers. It was something about my not liking that insurance companies require DSM (diagnostic) labels for clients, and can supply these later to the owner of the records (i.e. the employer that pays the client's insurance bill). It's sort of a pathologizing effort; very medical-model. At any rate, I am suspicious and not a huge fan of that use of the DSM.
I think the coach trainers were thinking that this "not being a fan of pathology" when it comes to personal growth and development is a territory that only coaches occupy. Not really. Anyway, the atmosphere in the room got a bit chilly. Funny. The person who'd asked me there was thrilled by my views; but then, he wasn't seeing me as "the competition" ... which, maybe, the trainers were. Truth is, I think the best counseling is done by all brands of change agents: some of these are psychologists; some, marriage/family therapists; some MSWs; CD professionals; psychiatrists; and some, coaches. The professional label says no more about the change agent than the DSM label says about client. So ... I like that the world is a bit more complex than that! 12/10/2010 09:57:32 am
The supreme purpose of life is to seek and create beauty of the living world.
Janette Brown
12/23/2010 05:23:27 am
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