Criteria 7.1 – Describe the main elements of humanistic theory
Words: 263
Date: 22/05/2013
Criteria 8.1 - Describe the main elements of psychodynamic theory
Words: 248
Date: 05/06/2013
Criteria 9.1 - Describe the main elements of cognitive behavioural theory
Words: 217
Date: 05/06/2013
Criteria 10.1 – Compare basic differences between the three theories
Words: 131
Date: 15/05/2013 – 22/05/2013 – 05/06/2013
Criteria 11.1 – describe how theory might underpin skills * Humanistic – words: 97 * Psychodynamic – words: 107 * Cognitive behavioural – words: 111
Humanistic theory (7.1) Carl Rodgers trained as a medical doctor and went onto be a psychologist, he was born 1902 and died 1987, and …show more content…
Allows the clients to understand what they have learnt as a child into adult hood, helping clients understand now why they do what they do. According to Freud, our inner world is mostly developed during childhood and is based not just on occurrences then, but- and this is key- on how the individual person perceived and responded to them, he regarded dreams as "the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind", dream interpretation is then a central component of classical psychodynamic therapy. Making the unconscious conscious, working with your clients with three different theories: ID- It has no conscience, and only follows primitive, impulsive urges that give it immediate satisfaction, unruly school kid, messing about, doing what they want when they want. Superego- Is our conscience, and is all about moral values and self- critical values and acts as an internalised parental image, putting us down and making us feel bad, it's the critical inner voice, a nagging moral. Wright and wrong, what you can and can't do, all about having …show more content…
Therapists aim is to teach their client how too realistically and impart behavioural skills relevant to that clients problems - the therapy ends when goals are reached and the client feels confident and implementing their new skills. You would be invites to choose actions that you want to do each weekend to report back each session on how you got on, the therapist will add in their thinking this is a teaching therapy, so the therapist will be teaching you all you need to know about the approach so that you can continue to use the techniques afterwards and continue to be in charge of your wellbeing.
There are areas that you are invited to consider:
• Trying to identify the stream of negative thoughts that are constant companions.
• Trying to see that it was not the event, but our reaction to the event that is hurting