Compare And Contrast The Psychodynamic Cognitive Behavioral And Person Centered Approaches To Counseling
I find the approaches of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and person centered approaches to counseling fascinating. There are many different aspects to all three approaches that fit my personality. I do not believe that I would be able to pick one single approach and stick to it. I do however feel that if you have a client that would benefit from one single approach then that would be the responsible thing to do for the client. However, I am not sure if a persons (professional) human nature or personality would allow them to stick to one single approach. There are so many layers to a person, their morals, personality, and thinking that would most likely force their brain to use many different facets to each approach.
When it comes to the psychodynamic approach there are a lot of different points to this theory that I agree with and some that I understand, but would most likely not use in my day to day practice as a therapist. I would have to say that I am a strong supporter that behavior and feelings are powerfully affected by our unconscious motives. Our mind is based a lot on our unconscious mind, or our basic instincts. When it comes to the idea that our behavior and feelings as adults (including psychological problems) are rooted in our childhood experiences, I would have to agree and disagree. I agree that what happened to us as children is important. I think that people carry that with them for most of their lives, but I am not sure that I agree that you carry it with you for the rest of your life. Maturity and real life situations can alter those thoughts or feelings you remember from your childhood throughout your life and change the childhood memories. When it comes to the three types of personality, id, ego, and super-ego I would agree that they are true. I do agree that behavior is motivated by life and death, which would tie in the unconscious mind. I do not think that people walk around and consciously make decisions based on their
When it comes to the psychodynamic approach there are a lot of different points to this theory that I agree with and some that I understand, but would most likely not use in my day to day practice as a therapist. I would have to say that I am a strong supporter that behavior and feelings are powerfully affected by our unconscious motives. Our mind is based a lot on our unconscious mind, or our basic instincts. When it comes to the idea that our behavior and feelings as adults (including psychological problems) are rooted in our childhood experiences, I would have to agree and disagree. I agree that what happened to us as children is important. I think that people carry that with them for most of their lives, but I am not sure that I agree that you carry it with you for the rest of your life. Maturity and real life situations can alter those thoughts or feelings you remember from your childhood throughout your life and change the childhood memories. When it comes to the three types of personality, id, ego, and super-ego I would agree that they are true. I do agree that behavior is motivated by life and death, which would tie in the unconscious mind. I do not think that people walk around and consciously make decisions based on their