Humanistic psychology

The purpose of this essay is to investigate the use and the importance of the three core conditions in Non-directive play therapy. Carl Rogers advocated these three core conditions empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard, he is considered the founder of Non-directive play therapy. Virginia Axline’s contribution is explored, she built on Carl Roger’s core conditions and developed these further with huge emphasis on the role and qualities of the play therapist. Examples from her book…

The therapeutic goal of Person-Centered therapy is to help clients achiev a greater degree of independence and integration. The focus is on the person and not the problem they are describing. By providing a climate conducive to the client’s self-actualization, the therapist assists clients in their growth process so they can better cope with problems as they come. In therapy, the client will recognize they have lost contact with themselves by using facades and realize there are more authentic…

Within this assignment I will explain the different psychological approaches which influence the behaviour of humans. This is used as treatments within social care practices. However, the psychological problems are both distressing and disruptive for the individual sufferer. So, there is an immediate need to alleviate forms of therapy and/or treatment. Different theorists and therapists work alongside each other to treat psychological problems. Professionals may choose from the theories to help…

The person-centred theory developed by Carl Rogers (1902-87), is also known as ‘client-centred or the ‘Rogerian’ approach. It wasn’t until after 1945 when the war was coming to an end that the person-centred approach became well known as a non-medical approach and the main form of counselling in the USA. It aims to help a client fulfil their unique potential and become their own person. The process is non-directive, reflective and experiential, the process is prompted by three core conditions…

schizophrenia, his reality and truth will be very different from the other people in the car. I think that the theory that would have the broadest cultural applicability would be the person center therapy defined by Carl Rogers. Rodgers had developed a humanistic perspective of development and therapy. His belief was that all people were born good and that they have a…

They are three main types of psychotherapy one of them would be humanistic therapies, this we can find a variety of approaches rooted in the humanistic perspective on personality. Therapies within this orientation share an emphasis on insight, self-actualization, and the belief that human nature is basically positive. Humanistic therapists reject the interpretive technique of psychoanalysis. Instead, they strive to understand clients' inner worlds through empathy and focus on clients' thoughts…

Rosemarie Parse's Theory of Humanbecoming focuses on how people each experience the relationship among themselves and the universe around them as they come together to forge an understanding of health (Kearney-Nunnery, 2016). Parse's theory involves two parts. Part I combines the concepts of meaning, rhythmicity, and transcendence. The concept of meaning focuses on how one interprets and adds an understanding to a topic. Meaning incorporates the reflection on a subject, placing value upon it…

1.3 The Person-Centred Approach was developed from the work of the psychologist Carl Rogers (1902 – 1987). It aims to promote independence and focus on the individual and not the individual’s condition or illness (J Mckibbin, 2008, p. 25). Main objective is to focus care deliveries based on the needs of the service user rather than the demands of the service. Being transparent, understanding and not judgemental to the clients are the three pillars of the person-centred approach. By being…

Counselors must approach every new client with their own beliefs but understand that each client brings different characteristics to the table that may require different levels of intervention or varying types of therapy. Elements or variables that come with a client which may affect the theory chosen to counsel them may be their level of intelligence, ability to identify their thoughts or feelings, the length of time the client has for counseling, and more. Person-centered counseling was…

Counseling Theory Components Throughout the course while learning about and researching different counseling theories I have had an opportunity to begin to develop my own person approach to counseling. While I have seen value and merit in all of the theories that we have reviewed, I found myself relating most to the theory of Person-Centered therapy, Adlerian Theory, and Relational-Cultural Theory (RCT). According to Parsons & Zhang (2014), “For Rogers, the more the client can trust his or…