Chapter 13 Humanistic Psychotherapy Flashcards
Origins of humanistic psychotherapy
Befief that people are basically good or neutral, but not bad
Self-actualization
People have an inborn tendency to grow
But people need certain things to survive
Goal of humanistic psychotherapy
To foster self-actualizaiton
What are conditions of worth
Conditional positive regard communicates that we are praised only if we met certain conditions
Congruence
A match between the real self and the ideal self
Incongruence
when they compare who they actually are (real self) with the selves they could be if they met their potential (ideal self) they perceive a discrepancy
Three necessary conditions for humanistic psychotherapy
Empathy
Unconditional positive regard
Genuineness
What is empathy
A deep, nonjudgmental understanding of the clients experiences in which the therapists own values and point of view are temporarily suspended
What is unconditional positive regard
Full acceptance of another person
What is genuineness
Empathy and unconditional positive reagrad are not useful if they are not honest
Transparency
Roger’s asserted that the three conditions were both necessary and suddicient for psychotherapy… what does research suggest?
These conditions are necessary, but NOT sufficient alone to cause changes in all clients
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Modern take on humanistic psychotherapy
Treat addictive behaviors
Do not pressure clients to make changes
Central principals of MI
Expressing empathy, developing the discrepancy, avoiding argumentation, rolling with resistance, identifying sustain talk and change talk, supporting self-efficacy
Existential psychotherapy
Centers on the premise that each person is essentially alone in the world, and that realization of this fact Cain cause overwhelming anxiety
Gestalt therapy
Emphasizing a holistic approach to enhancing the clients current experience and often relating on the use of role-play techniques
