Title – Critically compare and contrast two counselling theories Module code- Cg2030 Module tutor – Phill Goss Word count-2500 Counselling takes place when a counsellor sees a client in a private and confidential setting to explore a difficulty a client is having‚ distress they may be experiencing or perhaps their dissatisfaction with life‚ or loss of a sense of direction and purpose. It is always at the request of the client as no one can properly be ’sent’ for counselling.’(Counselling
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Human Behaviour: The Psychodynamic and Cognitive Theories. This essay will purport to discuss the case study of Suzy. Suzy presents with symptoms of two mood disorders‚ namely depression and anxiety. The two theoretical perspectives that will be used are Psychodynamic theory and Cognitive theory. Suzy’s depression and anxiety present with certain symptoms. These symptoms‚ as well as the behaviour that results‚ will be explained and analysed using firstly the psychodynamic theory which will then be
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Introduction to Personality Theory 5 What is a Theory 6 Why Different theories 9 II. Theories of Personality 11-98 Psychoanalytic Theory 11-21 Humanistic Theory 21-36 Trait and Factor Theories- Big Five Factors 36-49 Biological and Genetic Theories 49-52
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psychoanalysis and the psychodynamic approach to psychology. He figured that the human mind has three phases to it such as; the id‚ the ego‚ and the superego. Another
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Karen Horney defines a basic anxiety as insidiously increasing‚ all pervading feeling of being lonely and helpless in a hostile world” (Horney‚ 1937‚ p.89). When a child experiences basic anxiety they can develop self defense mechanisms. These self defense mechanisms can become very common throughout the child’s life. So common in fact‚ that they become a permanent part of one’s personality and become a neurotic need. Horney developed a list of ten neurotic needs that could be categorized into three
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until the first half of the 20th century dominated psychology. An American theorist called Abraham Maslow began to research creativity in humans through art and science. He first introduced his concept of a hierarchy of needs in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation”. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is most often displayed as a pyramid. The lowest levels of the pyramid are made up of the most basic needs‚ while the more complex needs are located at the top of the pyramid. Maslow emphasised the
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References Dean‚ R. (2002). TEACHING CONTEMPORARY PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY FOR CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. Smith College Studies in Social Work‚ 73(1)‚ 11-27. Retrieved from SocINDEX with Full Text database. Smith Studies in Social Work‚ 73{\)‚ 2002 TEACHING CONTEMPORARY PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY FOR CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE Ruth Grossman Dean‚ PhD Abstract Psychodynamic theories‚ once an essential part of social work education but recently neglected‚ have been reinvigorated
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approaches. An approach is a perspective that involves assumptions about human behaviour‚ the way they function‚ which aspects of them are worthy of study and what research methods are appropriate for undertaking this study. There may be several different theories within an approach‚ but they all share these common assumptions. You may be wonder why there are so many different psychology perspectives and whether one approach is correct and others wrong. Most psychologists would agree that no one
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INTRODUCTION Sigmund Freud’s theory of personality is one of the corner stones in the study of psychology. The following paper aims at discussing the theory‚ showing its relevance if any to today’s world‚ both in the western and non-western societies. A brief background on Sigmund Freud will be outlined‚ followed by his theory on personality and finally its relevance. Sigismund (Sigmund) Freud was born either on March 6 or May 6‚ 1856‚ in Freiberg‚ Moravia‚ which is now part of the Czech Republic
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| CASE STUDY | PERSONALITY THEORIES | | | LAMAE ZULFIQAR | | CASE STUDY Abdul Hnnan a 12 year old boy‚ who has been presented with language‚ academic and behavior difficulties. Hnnan had a traumatic delivery and suffered from hypoxia. Hnnan’s early motor and language milestones were grossly delayed. He sat and crawled at 2.6 years of age and walked after 3 years. His language was delayed and he spoke his first words at 4.6 years to 5 years and in sentences after 5 years. His
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