Gestalt psychology

I think that I identify with existential theory for similar reasons that I am interested in person centered. I believe my core beliefs are very congruent with the humanistic theories, quite possibly because of my background in humanistic psychology. I like the idea of provide a safe space for a client to explore and discover their personal meaning. I also like that existential theory emphasizes the client’s choice and freedom (Gehart, 2016, pg. 163-179). I think that this could be an incredibly…

dream not of ourselves, but out of what lies between us and the other. – CG Jung Community-Based Dreaming is a curriculum that has been in development for some years to offer experiential dream circles within a community setting. It blends depth psychology, somatic psychotherapy, fairytale theory, and community building as part of a wider mission to infuse modern culture with imagination. Stromsted (2015) noted for thousands of years, early traditional people saw dreams as oracles that could…

brains. It is important to recognize that science is not only reliant on observation, and thus void of objectivity, but it is also susceptible to non-rational considerations such as faith, ego, politics, human emotions, group pressures, and gestalt psychology. It is factual that science is able to be affected by outside influences, hence the argument that claims science is losing objectivity. The scientific community, along with those in a position…

a popular idiom of an unknown source that states, “give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” When it comes to the field of psychology, acquiring knowledge of development is equal to learning how to fish. Development is the basis of every part of psychology and without an adequate understanding it would be difficult to discern what is psychologically correct and what is not. Development can best be described as a systematic, organized,…

INTRODUCTION Physical Education cannot be separated from the general education, but compared to the other study, it is really different. It makes student to be healthy. However, in reality, it is regarded as a boring and tiring subject that contradicted the basic concept of said education. Another fact is that there is no relation between the curriculum and the student’s real life in school which is tended to be exclusive, narrow minded, too academic, and it looks like all students are directed…

Aesthetics as a study of beauty has been the keystone for development of art and architecture, which cuts across philosophical, tactile, intuitive, mathematical and socio-cultural realms. The subjectivity of which, has given rise to innumerable attempts to quantify, measure and theorize aesthetics in art and architecture. To comprehend aesthetics, one needs to understand the changing definition of beauty. Definition of beauty has had cultural variations in the development of human civilization.…

Humanistic Theory and Therapies Schneider and Krug (2015) report that therapeutic outcome studies are finding that the therapeutic environment, the relationship, and the personal styles of the therapist and client are essential features for all therapeutic modalities. These salient therapeutic features are parallel to the central qualities of humanistic therapy, including empathy, therapeutic alliance, enhancing and deepening emotions, the self of the therapist, and the therapeutic relationship…

There are countless career theories and models, none of which are enough to describe the broad field of career development. In this section it describes core theories, and their key ideas to career development. It’s said that five theories of career development have guided career guidance and counselling practice. “These five theories are Theory of Work-Adjustment, Holland’s Theory of Vocational Personalities in Work Environment, the Self-concept Theory of Career Development formulated by Super,…

never put much thought into how a person learns, or even what learning is. Once someone takes the time to understand the brain and how it works, then that person can begin to understand the many psychological theories about learning. The study of psychology in itself is a hard enough topic for someone to wrap their head around. To fully understand the way learning is conducted one must first understand the brain and the ways information can be retained; I found this out the hard way. Since I…

In psychology, the term conformity can be characterized as concurring with the larger part voice in a specific group to settle on a choice. It happens when an individual needs to be preferred and acknowledged by others, along these lines they take after the majority voice in settling on choice for themselves with the prospect that voices got from the majority voice are completely right without considering their own particular opinion According to McLeod (2007) conformity is defined as a kind of…