PSYC 2015 15.2 Humanistic Therapy

Question 1

Carl Rogers

Answer 1

developed person-centered therapy

Question 2

person-centered therapy

Answer 2

an orderly process of client self-discovery and actualization occurs in response to the therapist’s consistent empathic understanding of, acceptance of, and respect for the client’s frame. The therapist sets the stage for personality growth by reflecting and clarifying the ideas of the client, who is able to see themself more clearly and come into closer touch with their real self. As therapy progresses, the client resolves conflicts, reorganizes values and approaches to life, and learns how to interpret their thoughts and feelings, consequently changing behavior that they consider problematic.

Question 3

nondirective therapy

Answer 3

denotes any approach to psychotherapy in which the therapist establishes an encouraging atmosphere but avoids giving advice, offering interpretations, or engaging in other actions to actively direct the therapeutic process.

Question 4

3 conditions of person-centered therapy

Answer 4

authenticity, unconditional positive regard, relate with empathetic understanding

Question 5

reflection

Answer 5

mirroring

Question 6

motivational interviewing

Answer 6

a client-centered yet directive approach for facilitating change by helping people to resolve ambivalence and find intrinsic reasons for making needed behavior change. Originally designed for people with substance use disorders, motivational interviewing is now broadly applied in health care, psychotherapy, correctional, and counseling settings. It is particularly applicable when low intrinsic motivation for change is an obstacle. Rather than advocating for and suggesting methods for change, this approach seeks to elicit the client’s own goals, values, and motivation for change and to negotiate appropriate methods for achieving it. See also motivational enhancement therapy.

Question 7

types of humanistic therapies

Answer 7

person-centered, existential therapy, gestalt

Question 8

Viktor Frankl

Answer 8

logotherapy, existential therapist,

Question 9

Irwin Yalom

Answer 9

describes four major “ultimate concerns”: death, meaninglessness, isolation, and freedom; group therapy

Question 10

Fits Perls

Answer 10

psychodynamic therapist influenced by existential traditions; founder of Gestalt therapy;

Question 11

gestalt

Answer 11

n. an entire perceptual configuration (from German: “shape,” “configuration,” “totality,” “form”), made up of elements that are integrated and interactive in such a way as to confer properties on the whole configuration that are not possessed by the individual elements. See perceptual organization. See also gestalt principles of organization