Humanistic and Existential Personality Theories Carmen Jimenez‚ Christin Ferebee‚ Allina Johnson‚ and Christopher Bilbrey PSY/405 August 25‚ 2014 Dr. Seeley Humanistic and Existential Personality Theories Humanistic and existential personality theories are a combination of philosophical doctrine moving towards the psychological realm. The intellects that formed humanistic and existential personality theories are Abraham Maslow‚ Carl Rogers‚ and Rollo May. Theorists first of their
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SHOULD ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY EVER BE USED TO TREAT MENTAL DISORDERS? A. Thesis Statement Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a treatment for severe mental illness in which the brain is stimulated with a strong electrical current which induces a seizure. The seizure rearranges the brain’s neurochemistry and results in an elevation of mood. This essay asks: Is ECT any safer and more effective in treating mood disorders than drug therapies? This treatment has a controversial history ever since
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enters therapy with the expectation of finding meaning in and understanding of how to overcome their emotional distress‚ interpersonal conflicts and the pain they may be experiencing. Different approaches to therapy may angle this task differently‚ for example‚ changing self-defeating thinking patterns in cognitive behaviour therapy or interpreting historical mal-adaptive patterns as in transactional therapy. The two approaches I have chosen for the purpose of this assignment are Existential Therapy
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To someone who first meets George‚ he is an absolutely adorable child‚ a brown-haired‚ blue-eyed cute six year old that is well coordinated‚ active and agile. He looks perfectly normal‚ however‚ it soon seems apparent that George does not behave and think like a typical child is supposed to. He is aloof in his class and avoids interaction with other children. He is not attached to his parents‚ or his classmates. He makes exceptionally realistic pictures of things that he sees‚ but does not even know
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contrast the existential and mindfulness approaches to understanding and working with fear and sadness. Which of these two approaches do you feel more drawn to and why? Existential Approach Introduction This essay focuses on Existential and Mindfulness approaches and how they work. To really understand both approaches‚ I will be talking about where they came from and what has developed since then‚ what has and how it has improved psychotherapy as a whole. Firstly‚ the Existential Therapy was first
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minds‚ there is existential depression sad. In James T. Webb’s article‚ “Existential Depression in Gifted Individuals” he explains the thought process of higher thinking individuals and how the thinking can affect their emotional state. Existential depression is when people ponder life’s existential questions like death‚ isolation‚ freedom‚ and meaninglessness‚ for a prolonged period of time. Tess in Aryn Kyle’s short story‚ “Nine” is an example of a gifted child with existential depression. She
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What are the tenets of an existential-humanistic approach to counselling and how relevant is this counselling approach in the African cultural setting? Existential-Humanistic psychology looks at individuals as a whole person and living in a socially interconnected and holistic world. It focuses on helping the individual self-discover the healing process‚ leading eventually to improved self-esteem. High self-esteem has many positive social benefits: individual happiness (Shackelford‚ 2001)‚ academic
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“Let us make our future now‚ and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality‚” said by Malala Yousafzai‚ follows Jean-Paul Sartre’s existential idea of creating your own future. On the other hand‚ the idea of those who cannot create their own future and has to depend on others to make it is called bad faith. In Franz Kafka’s book‚ Metamorphosis‚ the main character‚ Gregor‚ can be seen following Sartre’s idea of existentialism. For example‚ in chapter three of the book‚ Gregor creeps out of his room
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RUNNING HEAD: INTERVENTIONS USED TO INCREASE RECYCLING Interventions Used to Increase Recycling with an Existing Curbside Program Interventions Used to Improve Recycling with an Existing Curbside Program Today‚ policy makers and waste management companies have been trying to find new ways to reduce the amount of waste entering the landfills because we are rapidly running out of space for such use. In 2000‚ U.S. residents and businesses produced more than 221 million tons of waste‚ which
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Existential Grace By soozeyq Hermeneutics Acknowledgements My deepest‚ most heartfelt thanks to John Friend‚ founder of Anusara Yoga‚ for so Gracefully assuming the seat of the teacher‚ inspiring me to be courageous and honest with myself and patiently‚ compassionately providing the mirroring I so needed. Thanks to the Anusara Kula (community) for fertilizing the soil within which I root. Thank you to my invaluable and talented teachers at Seattle University. Because
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