Identifying the complexities within clients' thinking and decision making.

Discusses and extends Gelatt's (see record 1989-27162-001) conceptualization of decision making in counseling. I agree that we need a broader view of human reasoning, one that includes highly complex, intermittent, rational, irrational, logical, and intuitive processes. In addition to needing new research tools in this area, I advocate that we examine how clients think, feel, and behave as they process information during their struggles with their problems throughout counseling. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)