Psychologist Carl Rogers and his colleagues were the first of their time to record, transcribe, and publish their own cases of psychotherapy. One of Roger's main contributions to the counseling field was his person-centered theory. Contrasting Roger's theory is existential psychotherapy, created by Viktor Frankl (a prisoner from a Nazi concentration camp), Rollo May (brought existentialism into the United States), and Irvin Yalom (Seligman et al., 2014). Gestalt therapy had similar attributes to person-centered theory and existential psychotherapy but was mostly different. It was primarily generated by Fritz and Laura Perls, and other theorists. According to Sabar S. (2013), it was developed as a modification of Freud's Psychoanalysis, and
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Gestalt therapy presents three ways for clients to succeed in awareness. Contact with their environment, responsibility, and here and now. Other types of therapy influenced by constructivism include collaborative therapy, coherence therapy, narrative therapy, and family systems therapy. These therapies were assembled so that both client and therapist are equals in the therapeutic process, with the therapist encouraging the client's effort to effect change in their lives (Raskin, J. D., 2002). Whereas, existential theorists, thought there were four main concerns of the human condition: isolation, life being meaningless (nothing is certain except birth and death), inevitability of death, and freedom and responsibility, which falls under different lifestyles, awareness, choices, experiences, and etc. (Craig, E., 2008). Instead of thinking of death's inevitability, Perls thought about the living and focused on where energy is in a client's body, how it is used, and how it causes a blockage in a person. A blockage is a client's form of resistance or tension in their body. Gestalt therapy focuses on removing the blockage that may prevent awareness. Whereas constructivist theorists thought people to be optimistic, goal oriented, operate with the knowledge they possess, and positive. One of the primary goals is to help clients through experiences, in order to realize their …show more content…
Growth disorders are emotional problems stemming from clients' lack of awareness, making them unable to manage changes in their lives, and become defensive when dealing with their troubles. Unfinished business relates to people who have growth disorders, but things are unfinished in their lives, so they resent the past, unable to focus on the present. The point of this therapy is to help clients work through their unfinished business, finding peace, balance, and closure. In contrast, Seligman et al., (2014) discussed that when clients decide to become a part of person-centered therapy, they start out in incongruence. This shows how dissimilar clients see themselves, compared to their actual
Gestalt therapy presents three ways for clients to succeed in awareness. Contact with their environment, responsibility, and here and now. Other types of therapy influenced by constructivism include collaborative therapy, coherence therapy, narrative therapy, and family systems therapy. These therapies were assembled so that both client and therapist are equals in the therapeutic process, with the therapist encouraging the client's effort to effect change in their lives (Raskin, J. D., 2002). Whereas, existential theorists, thought there were four main concerns of the human condition: isolation, life being meaningless (nothing is certain except birth and death), inevitability of death, and freedom and responsibility, which falls under different lifestyles, awareness, choices, experiences, and etc. (Craig, E., 2008). Instead of thinking of death's inevitability, Perls thought about the living and focused on where energy is in a client's body, how it is used, and how it causes a blockage in a person. A blockage is a client's form of resistance or tension in their body. Gestalt therapy focuses on removing the blockage that may prevent awareness. Whereas constructivist theorists thought people to be optimistic, goal oriented, operate with the knowledge they possess, and positive. One of the primary goals is to help clients through experiences, in order to realize their …show more content…
Growth disorders are emotional problems stemming from clients' lack of awareness, making them unable to manage changes in their lives, and become defensive when dealing with their troubles. Unfinished business relates to people who have growth disorders, but things are unfinished in their lives, so they resent the past, unable to focus on the present. The point of this therapy is to help clients work through their unfinished business, finding peace, balance, and closure. In contrast, Seligman et al., (2014) discussed that when clients decide to become a part of person-centered therapy, they start out in incongruence. This shows how dissimilar clients see themselves, compared to their actual