Congruence

and care for Mrs Y making her feel comfortable with herself and myself, building good communication with one another and a positive relationship, based on Carl Rogers “a therapist or practitioner creating a particular kind of relationship using congruence, unconditional positive regard and empathy in order to understand an individual’s subjective experience.” (Rogers 1951 as cited Trevithick, 2000, pg33). While talking to Mrs Y in an environment she felt comfortable in, being non-judgemental and…

Psychology perspectives are purely based on human behaviour, they offer an important piece to the psychology puzzle, (highered.mheducation.com, 2017). This report will look at the psychodynamic perspective; which came to a light by Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939), and the humanistic perspective, which has two theorists with interesting approaches, Abraham Maslow (1908- 1970) and Carl Rogers (1902- 1987). Humanism is referred to as the ‘third- force’ within psychology, it focusses’ on the…

Introduction Educating new undergraduate students who are academically unprepared for college is a critical issue for American colleges and universities. According to Bettinger and Long (2005), there is a great number of students each year that graduate from high school academically unprepared for college. As a result, approximately one-third of entering postsecondary students require remedial or developmental coursework before enrolling in college-level courses (Bettinger & Long, 2005). The…

Jean Watson – Theory of Human Caring Caring is a fundamental and a continuous process in nursing. It is an action in providing unconditional kindness to the patients and their family to promote health and render the utmost cares the patient and family’s need to obtain optimum health and wellness. Diversity in nursing and the healthcare system needs theoretical guidance to provide holistic approach in health promotion and health maintenance. Jean Watson’s theory development was influenced by…

1. Introduction: One of the many outcomes of globalization is the migration of individuals across boundaries in search of employment, opportunities and a sustainable quality of life. ‘Travel’ has become more accessible to the population on account of the diplomatic and political alliances which have removed the political barriers between nations. South Africa too has witnessed an influx of individuals from different nations, religions, cultures and ethnicity adding to the diversity of the…

In contemporary society, where everyone craves for an individual identity, socially approved principles of femininity and masculinity, resulting from female and male bodies respectively, have presided over the chance of self-expression for each person in both the civic and personal dome. Femininity and masculinity are structured and well thought-out in a divergent binary, which causes to be the mishmash of male/feminine and female/masculine “atypical” and publically obnoxious while crossing…

Following the death of Christ, and the martyrdom of St. Stephen, the Church was under persecution from those who would rather see the message of Christ be extinguished. No greater persecutor of Christians existed than may be found in the example of Paul, “Going from houses to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison” (Acts 8:2 New International Version). Following Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus, Paul once again emerged as a prolific character in the history of the…

Key Problems for People with Chronic Illness and Self-Management Skill Required Strauss and colleagues published a model that addresses the problems and concerns related to a patient living with a chronic illness. This framework considers the concerns and experiences a patient and family have rather than focusing on the illness (Larsen, 2014). Mrs. Hernandez’ has several key self-management problems associated with her chronic illness. Family and patient teaching need to occur to promote the…

ambiguity in a situation where the other person is not someone that I love. This is not to say that my emotions would be detached; they simply would not be as significant of a factor. Furthermore, the relational capacity of intentionality involves “congruence between espoused values and values-in-use” (Doane & Varcoe, 2005, p. 207). I found that I did not have any difficulty applying this to my conversation with Hannah, because it has been previously established that our values are very…

Role Congruity Theory Researchers Eagly and Karau (2002), proposed the role congruence theory which described that even though when women follow the same career tracks as men, women are less promotion opportunities in higher managerial positions (Eagly & Karau, 2002). This gender inequality that is perceived puts women in a disadvantage because they are less favorable compared to men. These findings suggest that high perceptions of gender inequality or role incongruity in the workplace make it…