Existential therapy

is a peculiar teen that is able to bring the two families together, helping them live cordially. Her personality, early childhood, and mental health will be discussed throughout the paper. The hypothetical application of Rogerian Client-Centered Therapy and how it would likely affect Lydia will also be presented. Lydia Deetz, moves abruptly to rural Connecticut with her father, Charles and her step-mother, Delia. She is a dark, mysterious young girl who even describes herself as “strange and…

Person Centered Approach: Emotionally Focused Therapy Emotion focused therapy is a rooted person center philosophy that integrates aspects from Gestalt therapy and existential therapy. Emotion focused therapy revolves around emotions being the primary focus and its real role in psychotherapeutic change. In couples Emotionally focused therapy is a method based on the scientific study of the adult love and bonding processing. It is designed to address and repair emotional distress in the intimate…

Through my research, in the article, Person- centered therapy: A Pluralistic Perspective (2011), describes the theory as always growing and being adapted. Many individuals are facticted with the person centered approach however it has been suggested that the counselor should take more responsibility on what the client actually wants through the counseling process. The domains of person -centered are appropriate when dealing with diverse populations because it encompasses respect values and…

is at the forefront of Mike’s objectives. In therapy, the development of Mike’s identity as it pertains to the many different systems that he is subject to is a goal throughout therapy. Understanding his purpose, value and meaning in life is a foundational factor to which his other goals will build upon through his time in the PSR program. Because he has the privilege of long-term therapy by being part of the PSR program, the long-term goals of EH therapy and phenomenology are appropriate and…

previously overlooked. I found that the more I found out about psychotherapy the more I began to understand that different clients need different forms of help. Therapy is not a one size fits all; it is about catering the method to fit that if the client. At the beginning of this class I was very skeptical about the idea of counseling and therapy due to media influence, person experience, and other outside sources. The first week of class an assignment was handed out. The assignment was to take…

The Significance of Group Counseling Group counseling has been proven to be as effective as individual therapy, cost effective, and applicable. Group counseling is designed to function with all types of settings, individuals, and psychological problems (Corey, Corey, & Corey, 2010). Each counseling group will contain different populations, goals, and settings, which is why group counseling is of such importance (Yalom & Leszcz, 2005). I believe group counseling can give individuals the…

world filled with problems, disorders, chaos, and everything in between, our mental health is especially affected. Therapy is a great way to deal with these problems of everyday life. While there are different types of therapies to deal with an individual’s mental health issues, group therapy has shown to be very effective. While there are different types of groups, all group therapies have two things in common. They all possess therapeutic factors and go through a process within the group,…

In 2006, a pluralistic approach to counselling and psychotherapy was developed (McLeod & Cooper 2007) which embraced the concept of pluralism, where a question was deemed as having multiple truths, rather than one specific answer (Cooper, 2015). It is rooted in a pluralistic viewpoint which advocates that mental health issues stem from a number of contributing factors and no one approach works best, but instead, clients need diverse approaches at different times. Pluralistic practice then…

Alexis Fry Dr. Nesbit Psych 422 November 28, 2017 Existential Psychology and Irvin Yalom Existential therapy focuses on free will, self determination, and the search for meaning. It often centers on the person as a whole rather than on the person’s symptoms. It emphasizes the capacity for self-awareness, striving for identity, relationships to others, anxiety as a condition of living, and awareness of death. While it is similar to Gestalt therapy and has multiple contributors sharing similar…

Gestalt Introduction Gestalt translates from German to mean whole or completion. Gestalt is based on the Here and the Now. It is also existential, phenomenological, and process-based approach crated on the idea that people must be understood in the context to how they related to their surroundings (Corey, 2013). Gestalt Therapy is less focused on interpreting and more on expressing, feeling and experiencing. The main purpose of the paper is to research the theory which most captured our…