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    Alternative Therapies: New Approaches in Counseling
    (Elsevier Science Bv, 2016) Bastemur, Sule; Dursun-Bilgin, Meltem; Yildiz, Yelda; Ucar, Semra
    The purpose of this study is to analyze the counselors' perspectives towards alternative therapies (AT) and whether they use alternative therapies in their professional life or not. The questionnaire was prepared by the researchers based on literature review and experts' opinion. A qualitative research design and structured interview technique as the data collection tool were used in this research. Counselors' perspectives about alternative therapies were examined by content analysis. Results indicated that counselors have limited knowledge about alternative therapies. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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    Turkish Counselors' Perspectives Toward Feminist Therapy
    (Elsevier Science Bv, 2016) Ucar, Semra; Yildiz, Yelda; Dursun-Bilgin, Meltem; Bastemur, Sule
    The purpose of this study is to analyze Turkish psychological counselors' perspectives towards feminist therapy (FT). Even though this therapy model has important implication to development of counseling theory, feminist therapy is not a commonly used therapy approach in Turkey. The interview questions were prepared by researchers. To collect data, interviews were carried out with 16 Turkish psychological counselors who are working as a counselor at least for one year and actively see clients. Findings were analyzed with content analysis. The results indicate that counselors have a limited theoretical background about FT and their knowledge about FT was based to feminism movement. To apply FT to counseling field in Turkey, conducting more research is needed. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd.