In this essay I am going to compare and contrast the key elements of the three of the main approaches to counselling; psychodinamic‚ person centred and behavioral and discuss how they are similar or different. I shall also describe how counselling theory underpins the use of counselling skills. The first thing to consider is that the three approaches believe is important that the therapists build a trusting relationship with their clients. However‚ the main different is that centred person therapy
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BACKGROUND RESEARCH OF THE CHOSEN CLIENT GROUP 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE CLIENT GROUP The client group here refers to male executives in the age group of 40 – 45 years old who assume senior management or executive roles in a commercial organisation. For a male executive‚ work is likely to be the primary source of stress in his life. Occupational stress has been defined as a "global epidemic" by the United Nations ’ International Labour Organization. A study by the National Institute for Occupational
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The field of counselling contains many theories‚ sometimes very different from each other. There are‚ however‚ three major theoretical approaches: “humanistic”‚ “psychodynamic” and “cognitive behavioural” and within each of these approaches there are discrete models‚ for example‚ “person centred” and “transpersonal”. This diversity of counselling theories and approaches is really valuable and important. Why? Because the different theories relate to different ways of thinking about how people develop
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Diessner (2008)‚ in which the speaker is “in contact with a situation to which a listener is disposed to respond” (p. 135)‚ and the verbal response from the speaker allows the listener to respond properly. Even though it is implied by communication theory that the speaker and listener share the same meanings in the messages conveyed‚ Skinner states that meanings are not the same in the speaker and the
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counseling have investigated systematic methods to describe style of decision-making. One of the theorists who proposed three styles of decision-making is Harren‚ who identified the planning style‚ the intuitive style‚ and the dependent style. The theories supported by other researchers‚ Scott and Bruce‚ also share influential similarities. According to Harren‚ people with planning style acquire broad information of data and evaluate situation by handling personal responsibilities in order to determine
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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 counselling (client
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Psychodynamic Counselling – Overview. Psychodynamic counselling has a long history and vast literature to condense so only a brief overview is possible here – following on from the themes already discussed and with particular focus on four psychologists: Freud‚ Jung‚ Adler and Klein. “The primary purpose of psychodynamic counselling is to help clients make sense of current situations; of memories associated with present experience‚ some of which spring readily to mind‚ others which may rise
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by two of the most famous psychologists (Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky) are known as remarkable. Piaget and Vygotsky researched theories are comparable‚ needless to say‚ there is also a noticeable difference in their approach to developmental psychology and education. The purpose of this paper is to focus on two great psychologists and identify the similarities and differences of their theories. The Theories of Piaget and Vygotsky Jean Piaget theories are based upon the biological development and
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Jean Piaget and his Cognitive Development Theory One of the most seminal thinkers in childhood development is none other than Jean Piaget himself. Jean Piaget lived from 1896 to 1980 and based most of his psychological research on the development of children. Jean Piaget was born in Switzerland on the 8th of August 1896. Even though Piaget was born in Switzerland and his parents were both of Swiss heritage he unusually spoke fluent French. Piaget as a child grew up enjoying biology and the natural
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Career Counselling Career counselling is now a days an emerging field in counselling‚ which gives relevant information regarding different career. Career Guidance helps the students to select the career according to their choice and interest. Career counselling is now being increasingly stressed as an integral part of education.Inorder to secure the right job‚ the right career choice is formost in the minds of every job seeker with /with out professional qualifications. The demands of the modern
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