Describe person centred counselling. Carl Rogers was an influential American psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic approach to psychology. Carl Rogers was found to be the sixth most eminent psychologist of the 20th century and second amoung clinicians‚ only to Sigmund Freud. The person centred approach was his own unique approach to understanding personality and human relatinships. This found wide application in various domains such as psychotherapy and
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literature within the counseling field to address the topic of working with multiracial clients‚ but Adlerian therapy has been found to be effective for working with multiracial clients because this theory examines the social environment of an individual. One of the goals of this type of therapy is for a client to make decisions and define themselves‚ instead of being put into a generalized category. Adlerian theory recognizes that people are part of larger
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There are several theories and processes that can be applied to this situation to analyze why things happened the way that they did. The first theory that can be applied to this situation could be the Psychodynamic Theory. According to Freud‚ the “psychodynamic theory states that people experience conflict because of the tension arising from their intrapersonal (internal‚ psychological‚ emotional‚ and mental) states” (Cahn & Abigail‚ 2014‚ p. 57). I would argue that there are two misplaced conflicts
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Cognitive Dissonance is a psychological discomfort caused by inconsistency among a person’s belief‚ attitudes‚ and or actions. There are three hypotheses that explain the theory. The first hypothesis is selective exposure which is the tendency to avoid information inconsistent with one’s belief and attitudes. One only accepts information that is consistent with their own thoughts. Hypothesis two is post-decision dissonance; which are close call decisions and can affect a decision one makes. And
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Leon Festinger created the cognitive dissonance theory as an attempt to explain why people desire to have consistency between their behaviors and actions. Cognitive dissonance is the distressing mental state people feel when they find themselves doing things that don’t fit with what they know‚ or having opinions that do not fit with other opinions they hold (Festinger‚ 1957; as cited in Griffin‚ 2009). Thus‚ people are motivated to change either their behavior or their belief when feelings of dissonance
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How can crime be prevented‚ and why do people commit crime? Understanding why people commit crimes‚ one has to develop ways so they can control crime or rehabilitate the criminal (Siegel‚ 2015‚ p. 8). Self-control is the main component to a well sorted life‚ this is because our brains make us liable to all kinds of influences (Siegel‚ 2015‚ p. 9). For example; from watching an action movie‚ it shows us violent scenes that can predispose us to act violently. We are all valuable to all kinds of influences
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establishing a relationship between the therapist and client traces back to psychoanalytic theory written by Freud (1912). He believed in encouraging positive transference to help patients achieve self-awareness and thus maintain the motivation to continue collaborating with the therapist (Corey‚ 2005). More famously known for his theory on emphasizing the importance of developing a trusting relationship between the therapist and client is Carl Rogers. Rogers (1957) believed that the ability of clients to change
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purpose of this essay is to critically analyse the Task-centred and client-centred approaches to Social Work Intervention. I will initially explain their main principles‚ advantages and disadvantages and apply them to the assessment‚ planning and intervention of the above case study. Particular attention will be paid to how these perspectives inform the application of anti-oppressive practice (AOP). The word ‘perspective’ describes a partial ‘view of the world’ (Payne 1997:290) and is often used to
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Things to consider person centred to the individual Things I would like to learn For example writing‚ cooking‚ swimming learning about a chosen subject. Work‚ training‚ day time activities What I would like to do during the day; would I like to go to college if so what course would I be interested in doing‚ interests‚ voluntary work‚ community activities. Having fun Holidays‚ places to go‚ leisure‚ hobbies‚ interests and how would I get there. Communication How should people communicate
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Can a humanistic model of counselling be integrated with a cognitive (or cognitive – behavioural) one? Discuss with reference to Rogers and either Beck or Egan. In the first part of this essay I will summarise the main features of humanistic counselling and the cognitive approach. Rogers used a humanistic person centred approach to therapy and I will look at his view of people‚ their potential‚ what goes wrong and what can help them to change. Egan was a cognitive therapist and I will address
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