Rogers Theory Vs Humanistic Theory

The Humanistic Approach or (Person Centred Therapy) began in the 1950’s due to theorists views that there were limitations within the prior two approaches of C.B.T and Psychodynamic. The two main theorists associated with this movement are Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers who believed that humans were innately good and possessed a drive towards growth and fulfilment called self-actualization. Abraham Maslow based his findings of this on healthy people who had found a meaning to their life that gave

In this part of the essay I will focus on Carl Rogers’s theories of a person centred approach, particularly paying attention to first core condition - therapeutic relationship.

Humanistic Theory is the main focus on self, which transcends into “you” and “your”, then it will be about your experiences. It was mentioned that a person is free to choose their own behavior than just reacting to environmental stimulants and reinforcements (www.answers.com). Then with Humanistic Theory it is mostly focused on to facilitate personal development all together. The theorists that was associated with the Humanistic Theory was Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow. Rogers felt that a person functions from a distinctive frame of reference in terms of building self – concept. Then Maslow believed that a person has certain needs to be encountered in a hierarchical order as in from lowest to highest(www.answers.com). Also as remembered my theoretical orientation is Structural Family Therapy. Structural Family Therapy is a model of treatment based on systems theory (Horne & Ohlsen, 1982). Also, SFT is a body of theory and techniques that approaches individuals in their social and relational contexts (Vetere, 2001). The thing that Humanistic Theory and Structural Family Therapy (SFT) have in common are the family or individual deals with changes. By both theories dealing with families or individuals that has to make changes that come from their experiences.

In the other main school we have looked at so far this will suggest someone who is aware that they are unwell or unbalanced and are looking for someone to help them understand why and get help fixing it. In the humanist model this point seems to genuinely refer to the persons emotional state and not to it being a symptom of an underlying illness or imbalance. This leads to the sixth conditions relevance: That the client receives the empathy, Unconditional Positive Regard, and genuineness of the helper. Where the clients emotional state is underlined their experience of the emotional state of the therapist is relevant to the threat free environment that will encourage their self-healing. This attitude is of course important within any therapeutic environment but within those where the therapist offers insight, challenge, techniques, or in other words is there to do something for the client and not just provide the environment for them to do something for themselves it becomes a part of many other things.

The humanistic approach would view and understand by looking at the person from a whole perspective, instead of a specific point of view shown through sessions by observing their behavior. Humanists view Maggie’s depression as what is holding her back from becoming the best version of herself. Humanists would believe that Maggie’s depression is a result of her inability to cope with personal circumstances or her inability to have balance in her life. Humanists would understand her depression by listening to her thoughts and feelings. Maggie is the conductor of the conversation and humanistic therapists are the listeners

The humanistic theory mainly focusses on the optimistic of a person of their potential while psychodynamics is more pessimistic. Due to the fact that both humanistic and psychoanalytic theorist have differences of the behaviour of human, there is no concluded similarities of

Psychologists do not fully depend on the humanistic approach. This is becuase it depends heavily on the subjective claims of the patient. Another reason this is the case is that the humanistic approach does not lead to a lot of quantitative data which makes it difficult to compare data and have verifiable claims.

Depression-Guide.com says humanistic therapists are "genuine, non-judgmental, and empathic, and use open-ended responses, reflective listening, and tentative interpretations to promote client self-understanding, acceptance and actualization." http://www.ehow.com/facts_6153410_humanistic-psychology-counseling-therapy.html#ixzz2DciOXTQC.

Roger’s proposed that the intention of therapy was not to find answers to the clients difficulties but rather help with the development process so clients can manage problems when they are recognised (Corey, 2013). By placing focus on helping change the personality of the person, it will assist the client with any future issues that

Humanistic psychologists believe that an individual's behaviour is associated to the inner feelings and self-perception. These psychologists look at human behaviour not only through the eyes of the observer, but also through the individual doing the behaving. Humanistic theory is based upon the concept that every individual has the potential to make a contribution to society if their requirements have been accomplished

Humanistic perspective values the unique qualities of people, their free will, actualising their potential and innate drive for growth. It views people as rational being, who are not merely driven by their unconscious needs (Weiten, Hammer, & Dunn, 2014). Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow are the two main influential humanistic theorists. Roger’s person centred theory ponders upon self-concept and the subjective nature of it. Incongruence occurs when there is discrepancy between self-concept and actual experience, which can damage a person’s well being. People with high incongruence tends to have higher level of anxiety. Maslow introduced the theory of self-actualization, because people have innate drive to fulfil their potential and self-actualization

Rogers came up with a bunch of ideas. One of those things is developing a client-centered therapy which was later renamed person-centered therapy. This was developed because of his belief that the environment contributed to ones personal growth. He believed that clients should not necessarily control the direction of the therapy, but guide/choose the healthy decision for their lives because they are fully capable of doing it. Carl Rogers was one who embraced the concepts of

During my earlier years as undergraduate, I recall being very interested in the humanistic approach to psychotherapy, simply because it was congenial to the person I was at that time. I was deeply interested in the concepts of free will, self-concept, self-actualization, and most importantly, conditions of worth. In addition, when I considered the type of therapist I would have been the most willing to do therapeutic work with, I tended to think of a therapist with a humanistic orientation. However, I was quite naïve and discredited the other theoretical orientations.

I agree with you that one of the values of Humanistic Psychology is its emphasis on human potential for growth. The perspective is hopeful one. It does not mean that humanistic psychologists overlook challenge and darkness in people’s lives (see Hoffman, 2009). I believe that our choice to value individual potential for growth and actualization provides openings for discovering the value(s) of challenges we face in life.

One of the contribution of Carl Rogers on Psychology would be on counselling with the approach he developed, Person-Centered Therapy also known as Client-Centered Therapy. Before the person centered therapy is found, most of the counselling or therapy employed psychodynamic approach which they focused more discovering the unconscious mind of their clients to help their clients solve their issues (Sundberg, 2001). After the emergence of person centered therapy, many psychotherapist begins to adapt it approach in helping client as many of these psychologist were influenced by Carl Rogers, believing therapy should focus present rather than their past (Hall & Gadner, 1985). This therapy was developed because Carl Rogers believed that therapy should be done in a affectionate manner, more optimistic and straightforward compared to what is commonly done in behavioural or psychodynamic approach (Rogers, 1951). He believed that although symptoms or the cause of the problems did came up from client's past experiences, but to Carl Rogers, instead of releasing client from problem that tied with their past, he look forward to assist his client to reach self-actualization through achieving individual development (Rogers,