Behavioural therapy

“Evaluate the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients” The humanistic movement was established as a way to expand and improve upon the two other schools of thought; behaviourism and psychoanalysis, which had, up until the first half of the 20th century dominated psychology. An American theorist called Abraham Maslow began to research creativity in humans through art and science. He first introduced his concept of a hierarchy of needs in

identify of feminist therapy and to what Lerner (1993) referred to as the ‘feminist consciousness’. This perspective afforded practitioners a new way to view “problems” presented in therapy. Enns (2004) highlighted two such new views related to client problems. First, the perspective that, “the personal is political” emphasized that problems arising for women within therapy cannot be disconnected from the larger social and political context. To consider problems in therapy solely on an intrapersonal

There are many variables that influence the success of therapy for the client, none more so than the therapeutic relationship. The therapeutic relationship is defined as the strength and collaborative relationship between the client and therapist that emphasises mutually agreed goals and tasks within the context of a strong affective bond (Horvath, 1994.) In the therapeutic relationship, the clinician offers care, touch, compassion, presence, and any other act or attitude that would foster healing

Person centered therapy. Write in 3 equal parts the following: Briefly describe the key concepts. Explain the strengths and weaknesses of this therapy. How do you feel about the approach of this therapy? Answer: Psychotherapy Networker conducted a survey in 2006 (as cited in Corey, 2009) identifying Carl Rogers as the single most influential psychotherapist of the past quarter century. Using humanistic psychological concepts, Rogers formulated a person-centered approach to therapy. According

the direction and goals of the therapy were very much determined by the client, with the therapist’s role being to assist the client in clarifying their feelings. This approach of non-directive therapy was associated with a greater self-exploration, increased understanding, and improved self-concept. Further development of person centred therapy has seen a shift in concentration toward the core conditions assumed to be both necessary and sufficient for successful therapy (Cox, Bachkirova & Clutterbuck

This essay will explore and identify the complex, yet beneficial nature of counselling while attempting to define the role of the counsellor. As well as, endeavouring to differentiate between professional counselling and informal helping. Finally, this paper will discuss the importance of counsellors being mindful of their own self-awareness, beliefs and values. It is a difficult task to define counselling, and it is equally challenging to determine how the profession is best classified. Counselling

Follow-up research into the perceived benefits from the mindfulness-based training course found that counsellors participation in mindfulness-based therapy had an overall positive impact on both their personal and professional life. Results suggest the training course had associated benefits in the subjects’ personal life, particularly personal growth/self-care and interpersonal relationships. Firstly, within personal development/self-care, results found participants noticed physical benefits including

The pros and cons were that Missy experienced minimal side effects and recovered quickly, due to her level of understanding around her medication therapy. Missy was able to tolerate and follow through with continued compliance of her oral medications, as her body adjusted to the dose prescribed. For the most part her auditory hallucinations and paranoid thoughts had departed leaving Missy less vulnerable

be understood elucidating characteristic ways of relating in the present as well as providing clues about the origins of these patterns of relating. Transference is so powerful that it expresses itself regardless of therapist gender and all within therapy significant relationships will eventually be transferred onto the therapist (Kahn, M., 1997). However due to its subjective nature it is difficult to empirically validate the existence and effects of transference. However Yi (1998) (cited in Moodley

most significant part of the therapeutic procedure. Many studies (Buborsky et al. 1983, O’ Maley et al. 1983, Hill 1989) illustrate that it is the therapeutic relationship more that any other factor, which determines the effectiveness of counselling therapy. Moreover, literature which reviews the way, in which clients experience the therapeutic process, indicates that the many of the client’s thoughts and feelings remain unspoken during the counselling sessions. (Dinnage, 1988, Mearns and Dryden,