TY  - JOUR
TI  - Using psychoanalytic approaches in organizational consulting.
AU  - Hunt, J.
AU  - McCollom, M.
AB  - Explores the utility of applying psychoanalytic concepts and techniques to organizational issues. Similarities and differences between one-on-one therapy and individual-to-system consultation are examined in the light of the debate between positivist and interpretive models. From an interpretive perspective, 3 critical problems influencing the application of psychoanalytic theory to organizational consultation are explored, including how consultants can cope with the complexity of the organization as a multilayered human system, by what means organizational consultants can substantiate psychodynamic hypotheses, and how consultants can differentiate between valid systems data and countertransferential reactions to individuals or groups in the client organization. Suggestions for dealing with these issues are offered.
IS  - 2
JO  - Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research
PY  - 1994
SP  - 1
UR  - psycnet.apa.org/journals/cpb/46/2/1/
VL  - 46
LA  - English
ER  -