Interperson Communication Skills
Table of Contents
Table of Contents................................................................................................................ 2
Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 3
Adlerian Psychology..............................................................................................................4
Person-Centred Therapy.......................................................................................................6
Gestalt Therapy.....................................................................................................................8
Conclusion............................................................................................................................11
Reference List ......................................................................................................................12
Psychology is the tried, tested, scholastic and applied discipline encapsulating the scientific and cognitive study of mental processes and behaviour. It involves the application of this knowledge to various categories of human behaviour and activity including the treatment of mental illness (Coon, 2012). Over the years many different forms and methods of psychology have been developed as the study of psychology can be dated back to the ancient Greeks, but was always regarded as a philosophical reasoning rather than a science. It was only around the 1870`s that it became recognised as an actual practice (Benjamin, 2006). This assignment will deal with some of the most influential of these psychological practices which have developed and evolved since the inception psychology all those years ago. This will be achieved in the way of Adlerian, Gestalt and Person-centred therapies as examples. This will involve focused commentary on their
Table of Contents................................................................................................................ 2
Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 3
Adlerian Psychology..............................................................................................................4
Person-Centred Therapy.......................................................................................................6
Gestalt Therapy.....................................................................................................................8
Conclusion............................................................................................................................11
Reference List ......................................................................................................................12
Psychology is the tried, tested, scholastic and applied discipline encapsulating the scientific and cognitive study of mental processes and behaviour. It involves the application of this knowledge to various categories of human behaviour and activity including the treatment of mental illness (Coon, 2012). Over the years many different forms and methods of psychology have been developed as the study of psychology can be dated back to the ancient Greeks, but was always regarded as a philosophical reasoning rather than a science. It was only around the 1870`s that it became recognised as an actual practice (Benjamin, 2006). This assignment will deal with some of the most influential of these psychological practices which have developed and evolved since the inception psychology all those years ago. This will be achieved in the way of Adlerian, Gestalt and Person-centred therapies as examples. This will involve focused commentary on their