Analyzing Counseling Theories Part 1: Chart Theory 1: Existential Theory Theory 2: Gestalt Theory Background Theory • Arose from the philosophic roots of Kierkegaard‚ Nietzsche‚ Camus‚ and Sarte • Gained an audience within the post WWII European community • Philosophers of this period developed a perspective reflecting the realities of their harsh existence • People saw death as the core even permeating their existence based in reality • Kierkegaard perused scientific truth from the
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Theoretical Comparison Compare/Contrast Adlerian and Gestalt therapy are humanistic and existential in nature. Each theory functions on the principle that as humans we have the opportunity to choose which direction to go in life. According to Adler‚ it is the consciousness not the unconsciousness that is the center of an individual’s personality. He also believed that humans are more partial to more social forces then genetic. On the other hand Gestalt believed humans should live in the here and now and
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In his film The Village M. Night Shymalan creates a community which on the surface is a utopic society. This society was created by a group of people‚ “the elders‚” who were disillusioned with the world around them and the violence and corruption in it so they decided to create a community cut off from this world in order to protect their children. However they keep their children within the confines of the village through the creation of an artificial threat; creatures that live in the forest around
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The theory I’ve chosen to address the dependency of internet usage is gesalt therapy. Awareness and relationships with self and others are the major emphasis of the gesalt therapy. The theory addresses the contact between the individual and other individuals that significantly affect the individual overall. The goal is to help individuals mature. According to the theory‚ the Internet will be the client’s contact. Gesalt describes 5 layers or levels of contact which is the phony layer‚ phobic layer
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there is a distinct lack of studies that directly evaluate and examine the existential approach. This is due largely to the fact that the existential approach uses techniques from other theories in its application. Gestalt Theory Key Concepts/Unique Attributes The concepts of Gestalt Theory are that of the expectation that all human’s must grow‚ mature and take
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period of time. While these schools of thought are sometimes perceived as competing forces‚ each perspective has contributed to our understanding of psychology. Some of the major schools of thought in psychology are Structuralism‚ Functionalism‚ Gestalt psychology‚ Behaviorism‚ Psychoanalysis and Humanistic Psychology. Each school in psychology followed a certain viewpoint or perspective that defined it and its research and treatment methods. From each distinctive viewpoint there arose unique theories
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My Role in the Family Every man and woman‚ boy and girl‚ possesses a certain role within their family. Despite the frequently used titles of sister or daughter‚ my role in the family delves much deeper than that; I am more than just a daughter to my mother‚ a sister to my elder sibling‚ and the baby of the family; I bring a sense of comfort‚ comedy‚ and completion to it. I am the confidant‚ the best friend‚ and the final child who completes the family to a satisfactory degree. My role of the sarcastically
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his honor at the school with many people in attendance‚ including Albert Einstein. Max Wertheimer is one of the three founders of Gestalt psychology. Gestalt psychology focuses on a holistic approach to concepts. It was the practice of looking at the bigger picture rather than breaking down mental processes into their smallest components as in structuralism. Gestalt thinkers believe that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. It all started when Wertheimer viewed a stroboscope in a toy
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forced to the object. An example would be if you use the same force to push a truck and push a car‚ the car will have more acceleration than the truck‚ because the car has less mass. It is easier to push an empty shopping cart than a full one‚ because the full shopping cart has more mass than the empty one. This means that more force is required to push the full shopping cart. Say you have three different sized balls. they all had different masses and you roll all three of them‚ using the same force.
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Psychology..............................................................................................................4 Person-Centred Therapy.......................................................................................................6 Gestalt Therapy.....................................................................................................................8 Conclusion...........................................................................................................
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