49-0 Application of Postmodernism and the Second Wave of Positive Psychology in Counseling
| Shu-Hui Liu | Sung-Hsien Sun | Yung-Jong Shiah | Chih-Hung Wang |
| National Changhua University of Education | National Taipei University of Education | National Kaohsiung Normal University | National Changhua University of Education |
Postmodernism and the second wave of positive psychology are gradually developing, and the evolution of counseling and therapeutic approach has a mutually consensual relationship. The characteristics of such a reaction to modernism, not only focus on the study of positive behavioral traits, but also contain a number of philosophy and academic paradigm changes. This collection of five practical research papers in this journal of 49th issue, just reflects these characteristics. The emphasis on the growth-oriented of humanism and its belief that human being has the drives of meaning-making and meaning-seeking, the framing of systematic theory, and the more equal helping relationship or research relationship in postmodern thinking indicate the contribution from postmodernism and the first wave of positive psychology; the application of dialectical thinking in Chinese culture reveal the breakthrough of the second wave of positive psychology. Furthermore, dialectical thinking is the advantage of Chinese culture. In the future study, more treasures of Chinese culture may bring about a continuous revolution and breakthrough in postmodernism and positive psychology, such as the newly developed self-cultivation psychology.
Keywords
Dialectical thinking, growth-oriented, postmodernism, systematic theory, the second wave of positive psychology
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