Clinical Psychology: Humanistic and Constructivist Psychotherapies

Question 1

Humanistic Characteristic 1: A _________________ approach which assumes that one must understand a person’s subjective experience to understand that person.

Answer 1

Phenomenological.

Question 2

Humanistic Characteristic 2: A focus on __________ behaviors.

Answer 2

Current.

Question 3

Humanistic Characteristic 3: A belief in the individual’s inherent potential for ____________ and ___________.

Answer 3

• Self-determination
• Self-actualization

Question 4

Humanistic Characteristic 4: A view of therapy as involving an __________, collaborative, and ____________ relationship between therapist and client.

Answer 4

• Authentic
• Egalitarian

Question 5

Humanistic Characteristic 5: A rejection of traditional ______________ and _____________.

Answer 5

• Assessment techniques
• Diagnostic labels

Question 6

The following four therapies are considered Humanistic:

Answer 6

• Person-centered therapy
• Gestalt therapy
• Existential therapy
• Reality therapy

Question 7

Constructivist therapies incorporate several approaches to therapy, and emphasize the client’s ___________, which is viewed as being (to some degree) _________ and/or ____________ constructed.

Answer 7

• Perceived reality
• Individually
• Socially

Question 8

The focus of Constructivist-oriented therapy is on the ____________ rather than on the accuracy or rationality of the client’s created meanings.

Answer 8

Process of meaning creation.