This discussion provides an opportunity to look closely at your rationale for emphasizing psychosocial theory as a framework within the human service field. Articulating a way to understand human growth and development is essential when seeking to comprehensively understand development in regard to tasks, crisis periods, process, adaptability, and pathology (Newman & Newman, 2018).
After reviewing all theoretical perspectives outlined in Chapter 3 of your textbook, complete the following for this discussion:
Reference the textbook and cite any other scholarly article used from the counseling literature to support your ideas.