Manifestations

"In my own face-to-face and online therapy practice, I do not treat clients as manifestations of mental illnesses in need of medical fixing. No one is merely a case of bipolar disorder, an obsessive-compulsive, or a paranoid schizophrenic. In my view, formal diagnostic categories hold some value in terms of contextual information, but they play a much less important role than the specific personal circumstances of a given client. If you are a client, you are -- first and foremost -- a specific, unique individual.
Source: Originally at http://www.Counsellingresource.com, quote no longer there. Current article at the site where the above quote was found indicates that clients are again statistics and charts, not individuals...