Phenomenology is an important force in the development of psychological theory, rather than a variant type of counseling method. A distinction must be drawn between the sensory phenomenology in which gestaltists focus on sensory receptors, and logical pheomenology in which the grounding of belief or self-identity is viewed as a prediction or premise. This concept of logical phenomenology provides a framework for understanding teleological human behavior. Three areas relevant to psychotherapy which would benefit from phenomenological-theoretical investigation are: (1) the pervasive role of awareness in human conditioning; (2) the false distinction between insight and non-insight therapies; and (3) the telic nature of mental health. Phenomenological explanations in these areas could provide a distinctly different image of humanity than that currently accepted by psychological explanations. (Author/NRB)