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Locate prominent philosophical perspectives and then explain them in depth.

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Three critical perspectives on practicing clinical psychology are thoroughly examined in this posting. Those explained in the solution include the psychodynamic approach, cognitive-behavioral perspective and the humanistic perspective. The explanation is given in 335 words.

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Problem: Locate prominent philosophical perspectives and then explain them in depth.

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I assume by philosophies, you this question you mean the 3 main perspectives on practicing clinical psychology.

Below, I have summarized these and underlined the phrase in each that best speaks to the core of what these perspectives encompass. I referred to Wikipedia.org for some of this info - the URL below provides references for more specific details if you are interested. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_psychology#cite_note-43)

Psychodynamic Approach: This was ...

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