A humanistic therapist would use a client-centered therapy model to reverse unhealthy emotional patterns in Ryan. They would affirm that all people pursue what is best for them in the pursuit of self-actualization, the final goal of Abraham Maslows hierarchy of needs.
Self-actualization was Maslows definition for peoples desire to become full and complete, have self-autonomy and regulation. According to doctoral candidate Praveen K. Chopra, the usage of meditation in humanistic psychology assists the patient in learning to heal and grow through their own internal mechanisms, and can assist the psychologist in understanding the root of the patients problem by understanding their perception of reality. A humanistic therapist using an existential approach could realize that Ryans perception of reality was faulty and to blame for a large amount of the negativity Ryan