Workbook1 Flashcards
Person Centered Key Points
.Towards experiencing Present moment and feelings
Person Centered Goals
.Safe climate for self exploration
Person Centered Techniques
.Few techniques but stresses “way of being”
Person Centered Aplication
.Has wide applicability to individual and group counseling.
Person Centered Limitations
.Core values may not be congruent with the client’s culture
Existential Key Points
.Nature of the human condition is given main focus
Existential Goals
.To help people see that they are free and to become aware of their possibilities.
Existential Techniques
.Few techniques from this approach because it stresses
Existential Application
.Developmental crisis or a transition in life and
Existential Limitations
.Values of freedom, autonomy, and self-realization may conflict with cultural values of collectivism, respect for tradition, deference to authority, and interdependence.
Reality Key Points
Focus is on what clients are doing and how to get them to evaluate whether their present actions are working for them.
Reality Goals
To help people become more effective in meeting all of their
Reality Techniques
This is an active, directive, and didactic (instructive (especially excessively)) therapy.
Reality Application
Geared to teaching people ways of using choice theory in everyday living to increase effective behaviors.
Reality Limitations
Discounts the therapeutic value of exploration of the client’s
Alderian Key Points
Humans are motivated by social interest, by striving toward goals, by inferiority and superiority, and by dealing with the tasks of life.
Alderian Goals
To challenge clients’ basic premises and life goals.
Alderian Techniques
More attention to the subjective experiences of clients than to using techniques.
Alderian Application
Because the approach is based on a growth model, it is ideally suited to preventive care and alleviating a broad range of conditions that interfere with growth.
Alderian Limitations
Weak in terms of precision, testability, and empirical validity.
Gestalt (Fritz Perls) Key Points
.I/thou dialog in the here and now.
Gestalt Goals
To assist clients in gaining awareness of moment to moment experiencing and to expand the capacity to make choices.
Gestalt Techniques
.A wide range of experiments are designed to intensify experiencing and to integrate conflicting feelings.
Gestalt Limitations
.Techniques lead to intense emotional expression; if these feelings are not explored and if cognitive work is not done, clients are likely to be left unfinished and will not have a sense of integration of their learning.
