School of Education and Human Services Web Directory

James Hansen

Dr. James T Hansen
Professor
Coordinator, Mental Health Specialization
Department: Counseling
Office: 450E Pawley Hall
Phone: (248) 370-3071
E-mail: jthansen@oakland.edu

Courses Taught

Mental Health Specialization: I am the coordinator of the Mental Health Specialization, an advanced program of study offered by the Department of Counseling at Oakland University. To apply to, or obtain information about, the Mental Health Specialization, go to my Mental Health Specialization web site.

Elective Course: I have developed an elective counseling course that is based on my scholarly interest in philosophical issues in counseling: "Philosophical and Meta-Theoretical Issues in Counseling" (CNS 687). For information about this course, go to my CNS 687 web site.

Resources and Information: For a consolidated list of the resources on this website and additional technology resources (including instructions on submitting papers with Google Docs), go to my Resources and Information web site

Interests

Philosophical and Theoretical Issues in Counseling (particularly [neo]pragmatism, epistemology, and theoretical integration)

Critical Analysis of Contemporary Mental Health Culture

Degrees

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Detroit
M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Detroit
B.S., Psychology, Xavier University

Publications

Journal Articles* (My Google Scholar Page with citation and alert information)
(*Notes: To obtain copies of my articles, click on the links in the citations)

Hansen, J. T. (in press). Talking about counseling: A plea to return to humanistic language. Journal of Humanistic Counseling.

Hansen, J. T. (in press). What does it mean to know a client? Personal and theoretical reflections. Self & Society: An International Journal of Humanistic Psychology.

Hansen, J. T. (2012). The future of humanism: Cultivating the humanities' impulse in contemporary mental health culture. Self & Society: An International Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 40, 21-25.
[This article inspired a debate with John Rowan, which was published in the following issue of the journal]

Hansen, J. T. (2012). Extending the humanistic vision: Toward a humanities foundation for the counseling profession. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 51, 133-144. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2012.00011.x
[A special issue of JHC is devoted to this article, counterpoint responses, my rejoinders, and replies to my rejoinders. An abbreviated version of this article appeared in the October 2010 issue of Counseling Today]. In addition to my primary article, I also contributed the following articles to this special issue:

Hansen, J. T. (2012). Rejoinder to Guterman, Martin, and Kopp. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 51, 155-160. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2012.00013.x

Hansen, J. T. (2012). Rejoinder to Lemberger. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 51, 176-179. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2012.00016.x

Hansen, J. T. (2012). Rejoinder to Brady-Amoon. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 51, 197-201. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2012.00019.x

Hansen, J. T. (2012). Rejoinder to Leibert. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 51, 217-222. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2012.00022.x

Hansen, J. T. (2012). Rejoinder to V. Suthakaran. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 51, 241-245. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2012.00025.x

Hansen, J. T. (2012). Extending the humanistic vision: Closing thoughts. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 51, 251-254. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2012.00027.x

Hansen, J. T. (2010). Multiplicity and its discontents: Life on the counseling farm. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 32, 240-247. doi: 10.1007/s10447-010-9103-3

Hansen, J. T. (2010). Ideas on the margins: Professional counseling and ideological insularity. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 32, 214-224. doi: 10.1007/s10447-010-9102-4

Hansen, J. T. (2010). Counseling practice: In defense of passive modes of professional engagement. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 49, 5-15. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2010.tb00083.x

Hansen, J. T. (2010). Inner subjective experiences and social constructionism: A response to Rudes and Guterman (2007). Journal of Counseling & Development, 88, 210-213. doi: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2010.tb00011.x

Hansen, J. T. (2010). Counseling and psychoanalysis: Advancing the value of diversity. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 38, 16-26. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1912.2010.tb00110.x

Hansen, J. T. (2010). Consequences of the postmodernist vision: Diversity as the guiding value for the counseling profession. Journal of Counseling & Development, 88, 101-107. doi: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2010.tb00156.x

Hansen, J. T. (2009). On displaced humanists: Counselor education and the meaning-reduction pendulum. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 48, 65-76. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2009.tb00068.x

Hansen, J. T. (2009). Self-awareness revisited: Reconsidering a core value of the counseling profession. Journal of Counseling & Development, 87, 186-193. doi: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2009.tb00566.x

Hansen, J. T. (2008). Copying and coping conceptualizations of language: Counseling and the ethic of appreciation for human differences. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 30, 249-261. doi:10.1007/s10447-008-9061-1

Hansen, J. T. (2008). Neopragmatic thought and counseling values: Reconsidering the role of values in counseling from an alternative epistemological foundation. Counseling and Values, 52, 100-112. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-007X.2008.tb00094.x
[I served as Guest Editor for this special issue of the journal, which was devoted to counseling and philosophy with an emphasis on values]. I also contributed the following article, which introduces the special issue:

Hansen, J. T. (2008). Introduction to the special issue. Counseling and Values, 52, 98-99. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-007X.2008.tb00093.x

Hansen, J. T. (2007). Relational and transcendental humanism: Exploring the consequences of a thoroughly pragmatic humanism. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 46, 131-141. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2007.tb00031.x

Hansen, J. T. (2007). Counseling without truth: Toward a neopragmatic foundation for counseling practice. Journal of Counseling & Development, 85, 423-430. doi: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00610.x

Hansen, J. T. (2007). Should counseling be considered a health care profession? Critical thoughts on the transition to a health care ideology. Journal of Counseling & Development, 85, 286-293. doi: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00476.x
[Reprinted in the October 2007 edition of Therapy Today, the national publication of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy]

Hansen, J. T. (2007). Epistemic contradictions in counseling theories: Implications for the structure of human experience and counseling practice. Counseling and Values, 51, 111-124. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-007X.2007.tb00069.x

Hansen, J. T. (2006). Discovery and creation within the counseling process: Reflections on the timeless nature of the helping encounter. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 28, 289-308.

Hansen, J. T. (2006). Humanism as moral imperative: Comments on the role of knowing in the helping encounter. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 45, 115-125. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2006.tb00011.x

Hansen, J. T. (2006). Counseling theories within a postmodernist epistemology: New roles for theories in counseling practice. Journal of Counseling & Development, 84, 291-297. doi: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2006.tb00408.x

Hansen, J. T. (2006). Humanism as ideological rebellion: Deconstructing the dualisms of contemporary mental health culture. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 45, 3-16. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2006.tb00001.x

Hansen, J. T. (2006). Is the best practices movement consistent with the values of the counseling profession? A critical analysis of best practices ideology. Counseling and Values, 50, 154-160. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-007X.2006.tb00051.x

Hansen, J. T. (2005). The devaluation of inner subjective experiences by the counseling profession: A plea to reclaim the essence of the profession. Journal of Counseling & Development, 83, 406-415. doi: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2005.tb00362.x

Hansen, J. T. (2005). Truth or consequences: A neopragmatic critique of contemporary mental health culture. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 27, 210-220.

Hansen, J. T. (2005). Postmodernism and humanism: A proposed integration of perspectives that value human meaning systems. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 44, 3-15. doi: 10.1002/j.2164-490X.2005.tb00052.x

Hansen, J. T. (2004). Thoughts on knowing: Epistemic implications of counseling practice. Journal of Counseling & Development, 82, 131-138. doi: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2004.tb00294.x

Hansen, J. T. (2003). Including diagnostic training in counseling curricula: Implications for professional identity development. Counselor Education and Supervision, 43, 96-107. doi: 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2003.tb01834.x

Hansen, J. T. (2002). Postmodern implications for theoretical integration of counseling orientations. Journal of Counseling & Development, 80, 315-321. doi: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2002.tb00196.x

Hansen, J. T. (2000). Human responses in assessing object relations subscales of the psychoanalytic Rorschach profile. Psychological Reports, 87, 675-676. doi:10.2466/PR0.87.6.675-676

Hansen, J. T. (2000). Mental health counseling: Comments on the emerging identity of an adolescent profession. Journal for the Professional Counselor, 15, 39-51.

Hansen, J. T. (2000). Psychoanalysis and humanism: A review and critical examination of integrationist efforts with some proposed resolutions. Journal of Counseling & Development, 78, 21-28. doi: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2000.tb02556.x

Hansen, J. T. (1999). A review and critical analysis of humanistic approaches to treating disturbed clients. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 38, 29-38. doi: 10.1002/j.2164-490X.1999.tb00159.x

Hansen, J. T. (1998). Do mental health counselors require training in the treatment of mentally disordered clients? A challenge to the conclusions of Vacc, Loesch, and Guilbert. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 20, 183-188.

Hansen, J. T. (1997). The counseling process and the management of countertransference anxiety with disturbed clients. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 19, 364-372.

Hansen, J. T. (1997). The impact of managed care on the therapeutic identity of psychotherapists. Psychotherapy in Private Practice,16, 53-65. doi:10.1300/J294v16n03_04

Hansen, J. T. (1997). Questions frequently asked about the internet for counselors. Michigan Journal of Counseling and Development, 25, 17-19.

Hansen, J. T., & Slevin, C. (1996). The implementation of therapeutic community principles in acute care psychiatric hospitals: An empirical analysis and recommendations to clinicians. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 52, 673-678. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199611)52:6<673::AID-JCLP9>3.0.CO;2-L

Hansen, J. T. (1991). Autoerotism to secondary narcissism: Clarifying the developmental line. Psychoanalytic Review, 78, 225-236.

Book
Scholl, M., McGowan, A. S, & Hansen, J. T. (Eds.). (2012). Humanistic perspectives on contemporary counseling issues. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN: 978-0-415-88595-9
[This book received the Joe and Lucille Hollis Publications Award from the Association for Humanistic Counseling. The Hollis award was established in 1985 to recognize leadership and expertise in publishing in the counseling field that is relevant to the humanistic philosophy in counseling]

Other Information

DSM Debate
Phil O’Dwyer and I publicly debated the usefulness of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) for counselors. Dr. O’Dwyer took the position that the DSM is useful for counselors, and I argued that the DSM is useless (and even damaging) for counselors. A video of the debate is posted on youtube.com in seven parts (total time is about 90 minutes). Here is a link to a playlist with all seven parts:

DSM Debate Videos

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