Meaning Therapy (MT) directly works with clients’ personal meaning of life and experience. Its interventions integrate cognitive approach with existential theory and that they direct clients’ focus on their understanding of the meaning (Wong, 2012a). In working with personal meaning, clients are required to reflect on themselves and gain alternative perspectives (Wong, 2012b).
The theorists such as May (1953), Shapiro (1981), Stern (1998), and Erikson (cited in Lerner, 2002) viewed individual ability to reflect and become aware of self as an essential aspect of human development. Characteristically distinct manners of self-reflection are described in various stage theories of human development (see Lerner, 2002; Crain, 2005). Hence, the quality
The theorists such as May (1953), Shapiro (1981), Stern (1998), and Erikson (cited in Lerner, 2002) viewed individual ability to reflect and become aware of self as an essential aspect of human development. Characteristically distinct manners of self-reflection are described in various stage theories of human development (see Lerner, 2002; Crain, 2005). Hence, the quality