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The Counseling Psychologist, Vol. 34, No. 2,
205-227 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0011000005283393
Counseling Psychology's Focus on Positive Aspects of Human Functioning
Shane J. Lopez
University of Kansas
Jeana L. Magyar-Moe
University of WisconsinStevens Point
Stephanie E. Petersen
Lansing Correctional Facility, Lansing, Kansas
Jamie A. Ryder
Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center, Pittsburg, Kansas
Thomas S. Krieshok
Kristin Koetting O'Byrne
James W. Lichtenberg
Nancy A. Fry
University of Kansas
The Major Contribution aims to provide interrelated articles that examine how counseling psychology's past and the complex world we live and work in bear on our professional understanding of human strengths and positive life outcomes. In this article, the authors examine the historical underpinnings of the positive in psychology, analyze the focus on the positive in counseling psychology scholarship through the decades (via a content analysis), and review scholarship that has shaped the strength-based work of professionals throughout applied psychology. The content analysis of a random selection of 20% (N = 1,135) of the articles published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology (JCP), The Counseling Psychologist (TCP), theJournal of Career Assessment (JCA), and theJournal of Multicultural Counseling and Development (JMCD) revealed that about 29% have a positive focus. This article calls attention to the positive in counseling psychology, and the authors encourage its members to reaffirm its unique positive focus by focusing more on strength in practice and research.

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