In this essay I will be evaluating the claim that Person-Centred therapy offers the therapist all that they will need to treat clients. I will examine both sides of the theory‚ to include looking at the weaknesses and criticisms of person-centred therapy by other writers and weigh these up‚ along with the strengths of using person-centre therapy and when it will be most suited to treat certain disorders. I will also look at Carl Rogers in more depth with his views‚ responses and
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy has been described as a sticking plaster ’ for the problems that people may bring to counselling (Observer‚ 19/02/06). With reference to the literature‚ critically evaluate the arguments for and against this view. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a combination of two kinds of therapy; cognitive therapy and behavioural therapy (Bush‚ 2005). It has been shown to have a positive impact on a wide range of mood and anxiety disorders‚ such as depression‚ insomnia
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2489 words Evaluate the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients. ‘Person-centred therapy’ is a description given to the humanistic approach to counselling originally developed by Carl Rogers in the mid-twentieth century. In order to evaluate the claim that this approach offers everything a therapist needs to treat any client‚ it is necessary to understand both the content of Rogers’ ideas and also their context: where they came from‚ how
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Running Head: Compare and Contrast Paper Compare and Contrast: Psychoanalytic and Person-Centered Therapies Leslie A. White Central Missouri State University ` The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the differences and similarities associated with Carl Roger’s Client-centered theory and Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytic theory. The focus of the comparisons will fall into the three main topic areas: that of optimal personality development‚ that of the nature of
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brief description of his upbringing and career background and will go on to discuss the main areas of his theory. The humanistic philosophy will be explained briefly and will lead on to Carl Rogers’ own humanistic beliefs and the birth of client-centred therapy. Carl Rogers’ theory of the human personality will be explored‚ mainly Rogers’ idea of self and the self-concept and a person’s natural actualising tendency. This will lead on to his beliefs around the acquisition of human dysfunction‚ primarily
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Psychotherapeutic counselling; Year 2 Essay 1 2‚406 words P.Reeve; City College‚ Norwich 08/06/2014 “Evaluate the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients”. For the purpose of this essay‚ I will attempt to evaluate the theory that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all they need to treat clients. Therapists will have many different approaches and theories for their interventions‚ but will arguably
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guilt. Thus‚ the most suitable therapy for her is Cognitive-behavioural therapy. Aaron Beck’s ‘Cognitive Therapy’ (CT) is one main stream of source for Cognitive-behavioural theory. An obvious characteristic of depression is when a subject continuously sees things around him in a dysfunctional manner. According to Beck (1967)‚ this is called the ‘negative triad’. These negative thinking patterns bring about symptoms such as a depressive disorder‚ affective‚ behavioural‚ somatic and motivational;
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The term psychodynamic perspective refers to the theories and therapies developed by Sigmund Freud and supported by his followers. In addition to Freud‚ others who researched and practiced the psychodynamic approach‚ based on Freudian principles‚ include Adler‚ Erikson‚ and Jung. The basis of the psychodynamic perspective is to understand what is going on in the mind of an individual or ‘’to get in the head’’ of a patient to see what is going on in the unconscious part of the mind. This will provide
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ASSIGNMENT 1 BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY. 1/ STATE HOW MANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT CONFRONT SOCIETY MIGHT BE AVOIDED? (3). 1/ From a practical standpoint‚ Knowing how early experiences mould an individual make us wiser in the way we raise our children‚ many problems that confront society-aggression‚ alienation‚ suicide‚ and mental illness-could perhaps be averted if we better understood how parental behaviour and attitudes affect children‚ how some of these problems originate‚ and how
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Count:1245 Compare and contrast how the cognitive-behavioural and person-centred models of counselling understand the person‚ and how these two approaches explain the psychological distress experienced by individuals. In Part 2‚ reflect on and write about which of the two models appeals most to you and why. In this assignment I will describe and explain how the cognitive-behavioural approach to counselling reflects behaviour as learned. I will explore how the cognitive-behavioural approach describes
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