Three of the main forms of counselling can sometimes be confusing. In this article I hope to unravel and clarify some of the mystery surrounding these three types of counselling approaches by means of comparing and contrasting with reference to their differing theoretical rationale‚ therapeutic interventions and processes of change. The Person Centred Approach (Originator: Karl Rogers 1902 – 1987) focuses on the belief that we are all born with an innate ability for psychological growth if external
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Introduction In the following paper‚ I will explore the topic of counter transference. The material that I feel is most relevant is the reading by Goldstein Transference and Countertransference . I feel that deconstructing some of our beliefs‚ values‚ past and attachment mechanisms will benefit the client. I achieve this by self-reflecting and consulting my baggage and identities‚ I bring to the client-therapist dyad (Goldstein‚ 2009). This is important since as a future social worker as I need
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compare and contrast two counselling theories Module code- Cg2030 Module tutor – Phill Goss Word count-2500 Counselling takes place when a counsellor sees a client in a private and confidential setting to explore a difficulty a client is having‚ distress they may be experiencing or perhaps their dissatisfaction with life‚ or loss of a sense of direction and purpose. It is always at the request of the client as no one can properly be ’sent’ for counselling.’(Counselling central) By listening
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Preamble PSY2016/3019 Counselling Theory & Practice Counselling & Psychological Therapies Constructionist Approaches PSY2016 & PSY3019 Realism vs Constructionism • For realists the human mind & behaviour are part of the natural world. For constructionists human activity and experience is constructed by the individual & their context (culture). • Realist approaches are concerned with the causes of behaviour and experience‚ constructionist approaches with the meaning of behaviour
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Person-Centred Approaches to Counselling Unit The essay will evaluate the necessity and importance of the development of the core conditions in the counselling process and critically analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the person-centred approach on the counselling process. The Person-Centred Approach focuses on the clients own best authority as it is based on the client’s personal experience in his or her own life here and now. It shows the client as someone who has the ability of fulfilling
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ways that the Person-Centred Approach differs to Cognitive Behavioural and Psychodynamic Approaches to Counselling. The good life is a process‚ not a state of being. It is a direction‚ not a destination. (Rogers‚ 1961‚ p.186) The Mental Health Foundation (2012‚ Talking Therapies) refers to certain therapeutic approaches as talking therapies. These therapies include: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)‚ Psychodynamic Therapy and Person Centred Therapy (PCT). The Foundation says‚ ‘Talking therapies
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Describe the transference/counter-transference element of the therapeutic relationship “We see things not as they are but as we are” Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804) The transference/counter-transference concept is considered an essential part of the analytical process and plays a fundamental part in creating therapeutic change. Clarkson (2003) has identified transference and counter-transference as one of the 5 strands in her model of the therapeutic relationship. Clarkson (2003) defines the transference/counter-transference
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Q: Compare and contrast the approaches of Carl Rogers and Sigmund Freud to understanding people and to helping them. Which approach do you think is more useful in a social care setting? This essay will compare and contrast the differences between the works of Sigmund Freud and Carl Rogers and their approaches to understand people and to help them. It will look at the factors of Client centred therapy. It will also argue that Rogers’ humanistic approach is more useful in a social care setting
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Transference and Counter transference: The sun flower was placed in front of the therapist. I felt the working relationship had been more strengthened‚ and there were support and warmth flowing between us. The flower’s colour and shape brought warmth and a sense of order. It also gave a fresh and relaxed sense like the sun coming out again after a storm. After this stage of work‚ Lily no longer had the feeling of crashing down when she was facing the skull. The sense which was frozen by fear began
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Counter-transference Karen A. Aubrey MFCC/597 A- Internship A June 25‚ 2011 Amber Hamilton Counter-transference Counter-transference can be defined as the occurrence of unresolved personal feelings of the therapist that are projected unto his or her client. Sigmund Freud coined the term counter-transference in 1910‚ who viewed counter-transference as the result of the client influencing unconscious feelings of the therapist (Hayes‚ Gelso‚ & Hummel‚ 2011). Research and Common Counter-Transference
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