Humanistic is a term in psychology relating to an approach which studies the person as a whole and the uniqueness of each individual. The main goals of this counselling approach are to find out how individuals perceive themselves here and now and to recognise their strengths‚ growth‚ self-direction and responsibilities. This approach is optimistic and attempts to help individuals by offering a non-judgemental‚ understanding experience. Unlike other therapies the client is responsible for improving
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Humanistic approach to Counselling Introduction There are 3 main approaches to psychotherapy and counselling‚ and many variations on each approach: Psychodynamic Humanistic Behavioural The Psychodynamic approach‚ including psychoanalytic‚ is the oldest with an emphasis on bringing the unconscious into consciousness so gaining greater self-knowledge. It is usually long-term work ‚ often over a number of years‚ and in the case of psychoanalysis with several sessions each week. It delves into
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of work is purely my understanding of humanistic theory‚ how I perceive it‚ and how I believe its teachings (so far) has made me the person that I am today. Looking at the first point “What it means to be human?” Each and every one of us would probably come up with different concepts and ideas of what the answer could be. What we have to remember is that we are specifically looking at the concepts and theory according to the humanistic approach in counselling. As human beings we all have the potential;
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Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers agreed with the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs‚ biological and humanistic approach. “The hierarchy of needs theory remains valid today for understanding human motivation‚ management training‚ and personal development” (Orana‚ 2009). Maslow’s book Personality and Motivation were published in 1954 introducing his theory of the hierarchy of needs. Abraham Maslow Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) the hierarchy of needs was introduced
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Comparing and analyzing the biological and humanistic approaches to personality can be a difference of opinions. Abraham Maslow studied the development of personality. Maslow developed his own personality theory based on the basic human needs. His hierarchy of needs pyramid shows the influences of human needs to the formation of unique individual personality. There are biological factors that influence the formation of individual personality that play a factor. By reviewing the relationships
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Introduction Humanistic therapy is a multi-faceted perspective that embraces a diverse collection of practical approaches: existential‚ constructivist‚ and transpersonal. The existential approach emphasises freedom‚ experiential reflection‚ and responsibility; the constructivist approach focuses on personal and social constructions of psychological growth processes; and transpersonal approach emphasises spiritual and transcendent dimensions of psychological wellness. Despite its multifarious perspective
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Therapy and demonstrate various concepts within this approach. I shall touch on the seven stages one goes through whilst attending therapy and how this may benefit both the Client and the Therapist‚ followed by the three primary core conditions plus Spirituality- the fourth condition of which Roger was in the process of developing before his death. I shall also be looking at some developments by other Therapist and finally both the strengths and limitations to this approach. In my opinion Carl Rogers
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Evaluating Humanistic Counselling Humanistic counselling is the kind of counselling where the specialist provides their clients with the chance to reflect on themselves and evaluate their personal awareness by understanding who they are‚ their individual feelings and the likelihood that they could choose several factors about their individual lives (Counsellor Guide‚ 2000); (Rowan‚ 2014). The humanistic approach focuses majorly on bringing out an individual’s unique characteristics such as growth
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their own perceptions of reality. The humanistic approach to psychotherapy focuses on the client striving for self-actualisation. Person-centred therapy aims for the client to achieve independence and integration by concentrating on their own growth‚ allowing wider understanding of their own problems (Rogers‚ 1977). The promotion of a growth-focused environment is vital for a client as stated by Rogers (1987)‚ in his three main concepts. The three main concepts identified are congruence‚ unconditional
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ASSIGNMENT 2 What are some of the core concepts and theory when considering the transpersonal approach? The work of the transpersonal draws largely from mainstream psychological concepts and theory in order to ground its practice in science. However‚ unlike mainstream psychological paradigms‚ the transpersonal acknowledges that “our essential nature is spiritual” (Phoenix Institute of Australia‚ 2012) and that as human beings we have “valid urges towards the spiritual” (Phoenix Institute
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