3 pages in length. Without a clear understanding of the value of human development theories in the overall context of treatment, psychologists would be ill-equipped to provide a holistic therapeutic approach for their clients. The extent to which integrating the study of human development with planned therapy is a critical component of successful treatment is both grand and far-reaching; that psychologists incorporate the various aspects of how and when people evolve speaks to the use of a particularly helpful tool when planning appropriate methodology for clients. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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holistic therapeutic approach for their clients. The extent to which integrating the study of human development with planned therapy is a critical component of successful treatment is both grand
and far-reaching; that psychologists incorporate the various aspects of how and when people evolve speaks to the use of a particularly helpful tool when planning appropriate methodology for clients.
...The contextual orientation of community psychology has evolved into clinical psychology...been integrated into theories of human development...and spurred the formulation of a contextual model of legal policy and justice, which
emphasizes context-sensitive approaches to legal issues such as risk assessment, personal responsibility and liability, and judicial decision-making...Taken together, these developments are shaping an underlying shift in scientific paradigms toward a
value-driven, humanitarian approach in which the paramount goal is to understand the context of individuals lives (Moos, 2003, p. 1). Inasmuch as developmental psychologists "have a long history of
using triangle metaphors to conceptualise the social constitution of psychological development" (Zittoun et al, 2007, p. 208), it stands to reason how understanding the various stages of human development is
inextricably interwoven into the foundation of the therapeutic approach. People are individual beings whose physical and mental composition develops at different rates and in different stages; as such, adolescents
are not treated with the same corrective methods as their adult counterparts are because of the vast disparity between emotional and physical maturity levels. Moreover, there are a number of
diverse human development theories by which to guide therapeutic treatment, and psychologists must discern which ones are most appropriate for the client on a case by case basis. Considering
the contributions of developmental theorists like Vygotsky, Piaget, Maslow, Freud, Bandura and Erikson provides a comprehensive perspective of how people develop, at what stages certain development occurs and which therapeutic