ABSTRACT

Many theorists such as Garfield and Bergin (1986), Corsini (1989), Andrews (1989), Kelly (1988), and Norcross (1986) collectively asserted that the rise of eclectic counseling and the development of meta-theoretical eclectic models are viewed as a pragmatic response to the wide range of client differences. Any single theory and associated counseling techniques are unlikely to be universally effective with increasingly diverse client populations that reflect an equally diverse array of support systems.