Humanistic Theory Vs Existentialism Analysis

Both theories have numerous strengths to the counseling process. Person -centered theory is exceedingly popular world wide. The domains of this theory are specifically essential when working with multicultural groups, because the counselor must always be present, show empathy and complete respect for an individual’s values. This theory has proven to be suitable for multicultural populations because it allows the client to be the expert on their own life, the counselor is non judgmental and in complete interest of the client. Also, Existential counseling is a particularly useful when working with diverse groups. It is unique because it is broad and focuses on the realities of life, in which every individual will eventually …show more content…
Both Humanistic theories do not give attention to the past, however it focuses on the here and now. These theories give responsibility to the client allowing them to which can lead them into the direction towards the client's self -awareness. As a future school counselor, both theories poses important aspects I see myself using. While assisting a client, genuine, empathic, and caring. In conclusion, the use of my theories can be measured and evaluated in multiple ways. The first step of my approach would be to evaluate the client by checking and assessing whether they are doing or feeling better as opposed to the beginning of the session. Also I would use scaling questions to measure how my client is doing. I periodically throughout the sessions ask the client to rate their distress on a scale of one to five with five being complete distress and one being no distress at all. The ultimate goal for myself is being able to have the client leave the session in better shape than when they came