Abel Psychology is a private psychological practice in helping primarily children and young people get more out their lives, whether they have barriers to their learning and/or psychological wellbeing, or face uncertainties in their transitions. Young person at the cusp of adulthood and mature adults can also be helped with transitions and or indecisions about their future, whether this be in psychological health, learning, career development or relationships.
Abel Psychology is about applying positive psychology, where your strengths and uniqueness are explored to galvanise into a powerful force for positive change.
Abel Psychology is not a tutoring or teaching service, nor is it a career-assessment centre, as there are already a large selection of occupational psychology offering this. What itis, is about using psychological coaching with the ultimate aim of releasing your potential for achieving a more fulfilled and happier life, be this in your personal life, work life or relationships.
Theodora Mead Abel (PhD) (1899 - 1988) was a clinical psychologist and teacher noted for her innovative ideas of combining sociology with psychology. To her the social environment framed within time and space is crucial in finding answers to a client's questions.
Since Abel's early pioneering work, several important names in psychology have been associated with the notion of psychology not only as social but also ecological, enriched with philosophical ideas and practices, including Bruner, Bronfenbrenner, Seligman, Csikshentmihalyi etc, and much later still in the psychology of work and career, such names as Leach, Krumboltz, Babineaux etc emphasise the importance of social context.
Abel is a Hebrew word for "breath" as implied in the notion of "life". The biblical Abel was a gentle shepherd.