Humanistic Psychodynamic Approach

Introduction
Humanistic therapy is a multi-faceted perspective that embraces a diverse collection of practical approaches: existential, constructivist, and transpersonal. The existential approach emphasises freedom, experiential reflection, and responsibility; the constructivist approach focuses on personal and social constructions of psychological growth processes; and transpersonal approach emphasises spiritual and transcendent dimensions of psychological wellness. Despite its multifarious perspective, these philosophies within the humanistic paradigm, explore (1) what it means to be fully, experiential human; and (2) how that understanding illuminates the vital or fulfilled life (Schneider and Leitner, 2002). Humanistic psychology and philosophy
These individuals understand their own emotions and place a deep trust in their own instincts, gut-reactions and urges and the ability to change through experiences. In addition, these individuals do not feel the need to distort or deny experiences and are open to feedback and willing to make realistic changes. These individuals also show creativity and have a fulfilled life. The fully functioning person “is completely congruent and integrated. Such a person, Rogers believes, is able to embrace 'existential living.' By this he means they are able to live fully in the here and now with personal inner freedom, with all its accompanying exciting, creative, but also challenging, aspects." (Freeth,
The person-centered approach aims toward setting clients free to engage in self exploration to enable the client achieving a greater degree of independence and integration. Rogers (1977) did not believe the aim of therapy was to solve problems, but to nudge the clients in their growth process so clients could better cope with their current and future problems. The focus of the therapy is not on the individual’s presenting problem, but on the person. In addition, the aims of person-centred therapy are to increase greater openness to experience and the enhancement of self-esteem. The personal growth and development that this form of therapy seeks to foster in clients include a closer agreement between the client's idealised and actual selves; better self-understanding; lower levels of defensiveness, guilt, and insecurity; more positive and comfortable relationships with others; and an increased capacity to experience and express feelings at the moment they occur