It is an attempt used by the ego to keep undesirable or painful thoughts id impulses from reaching consciousness. Repression occurs entirely on an unconscious level which involves preventing unpleasant experiences that are repulsive to the ego from reaching consciousness. Although it is assumed that most of the painful event from the first five years of live are suppressed they tend to have a big influence in behaviour at the later stage. The person is also not in control of the repressed memories. EXAMPLE: “A woman who hated her father might repress her hostility and anger and thus be totally unaware of her actual feelings. If these broke through to the surface, the individual might physically attack her father or even try to kill him.” (Ryckman,
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Existential therapy tries to take its client out of their rigid grooves but also challenge them through their narrow and compulsive trends which are blocking their freedom (Corey, 2001).
Therapist’s function and role
Existential therapists are usually concerned with understanding the subjective world of their client however does not help client with recovering a personal past but focus on the current life situations they are facing (Corey, 2001).
Client’s experience in Therapy
In existential therapy clients are encouraged to take their own subjective experience of their world seriously. They are also challenged to take responsibility of how they choose to be in their world (Corey, 2001).
Relationship between therapist and client
Existential therapist believe that rapport is important within itself because of the quality of the person-person encounter in the therapeutic situation, it brings stimulus for positive change (Corey, 2001).
Awareness in Gestalt …show more content…
This can be achieve through enhancing and emphasizing the client's verbal behaviour or language because client speech patterns are considered to be an expression of their feelings, thoughts, and attitudes. Awareness can also be enhanced by focusing on nonverbal behaviour which includes technique that makes the clients more aware of their body functioning or helps them to be aware of how they can use their bodies to support excitement, awareness, and contact (Ryckman, 2008).
Dialogue in Gestalt perspective
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One goal of Gestalt therapy is to bring the integrated functioning and acceptance of aspects in one’s personality that have been disowned or denied. Gestalt therapist are required to pay close attention to splits in personality function. Dialogue helps the client get in touch with the feeling or a side of themselves that they may be denying (Ryckman, 2008).
Six premises of humanistic psychology
a) Physiological Needs- breathing, food and water
b) Safety Needs- family, health and security
c) Belongings and Love Needs- friendship and
Existential therapy tries to take its client out of their rigid grooves but also challenge them through their narrow and compulsive trends which are blocking their freedom (Corey, 2001).
Therapist’s function and role
Existential therapists are usually concerned with understanding the subjective world of their client however does not help client with recovering a personal past but focus on the current life situations they are facing (Corey, 2001).
Client’s experience in Therapy
In existential therapy clients are encouraged to take their own subjective experience of their world seriously. They are also challenged to take responsibility of how they choose to be in their world (Corey, 2001).
Relationship between therapist and client
Existential therapist believe that rapport is important within itself because of the quality of the person-person encounter in the therapeutic situation, it brings stimulus for positive change (Corey, 2001).
Awareness in Gestalt …show more content…
This can be achieve through enhancing and emphasizing the client's verbal behaviour or language because client speech patterns are considered to be an expression of their feelings, thoughts, and attitudes. Awareness can also be enhanced by focusing on nonverbal behaviour which includes technique that makes the clients more aware of their body functioning or helps them to be aware of how they can use their bodies to support excitement, awareness, and contact (Ryckman, 2008).
Dialogue in Gestalt perspective
.
One goal of Gestalt therapy is to bring the integrated functioning and acceptance of aspects in one’s personality that have been disowned or denied. Gestalt therapist are required to pay close attention to splits in personality function. Dialogue helps the client get in touch with the feeling or a side of themselves that they may be denying (Ryckman, 2008).
Six premises of humanistic psychology
a) Physiological Needs- breathing, food and water
b) Safety Needs- family, health and security
c) Belongings and Love Needs- friendship and