Compare and contrast the Psychodynamic and Humanistic approaches to understanding personality. People engage in topics of personality on a daily basis. It is how we engage with others‚ behave towards them and how we assert judgement. Personality theorists attempt to explain these connections through theory‚ observation and testing. Particular influential theories of personality are psychodynamic and humanistic theory. I will seek to analyse the prime divergences that separate these approaches
Premium Psychology Sigmund Freud Humanistic psychology
The act of communicating during counseling sessions consists of sending and receiving messages simultaneously. When either of these acts‚ i.e. sending or receiving are interrupted‚ or distorted the quality of communications is degraded. Consequently‚ counselors must maintain a personal and interpersonal awareness of their client’s attentiveness of both elements and in tune when either element is lacking that contributes to effective communication. Conversely‚ the counselors should adjust to their
Premium Psychology Psychotherapy Emotion
skills that go along with each theory‚ and reflect on how it relates to myself. The theory I am going to go over is Person-Centered Theory. Carl R. Rogers is one of the most significant psychologist ‚ in being famous for his client-centered psychotherapy theories (Trialog‚ 2002). Rogers worked as a clinical psychologist‚ as well as observations made during the work
Premium Psychology Science Psychotherapy
A Compare and contrast how the person-centred and psychodynamic models of counselling understand the person‚ and how these two approaches explain psychological distress experienced by individuals. (1250 words) Within society today‚ there is an extensive range of theoretical approaches used by Psychotherapists and counsellors. The aim of this discussion is to compare and contrast two of these approaches‚ the person-centred and the psychodynamic models of counselling‚ especially how these theories
Premium Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud Psychotherapy
I find the approaches of psychodynamic‚ cognitive-behavioral‚ and person centered approaches to counseling fascinating. There are many different aspects to all three approaches that fit my personality. I do not believe that I would be able to pick one single approach and stick to it. I do however feel that if you have a client that would benefit from one single approach then that would be the responsible thing to do for the client. However‚ I am not sure if a persons (professional) human nature
Premium Mind Psychotherapy Cognitive behavioral therapy
important if you are wary about which counsellor to choose: Counselling Approaches Psychological therapies generally fall into three categories. These are behavioural therapies‚ which focus on cognitions and behaviours‚ psychoanalytical and psychodynamic therapies‚ which focus on the unconscious relationship patterns that evolved from childhood‚ and humanistic therapies‚ which focus on looking at the ’here and now’. This is a generalisation though and counselling usually overlaps some of these
Premium Psychotherapy Psychoanalysis Cognitive behavioral therapy
Denitsa Radeva-Petrova‚ 09249520 Biological and Psychoanalytic Approaches to Anorexia Nervosa Individual Differences and Conceptual/Historical Issues in Psychology‚ 7PSY0076 Evaluation of the Contribution of the Biological and Psychoanalytic Schools of Thought in Psychology to the Understanding of Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder‚ characterised by a refusal to maintain body weight that is at least 85% of what is considered normal for an individual’s height and
Premium Anorexia nervosa Eating disorders Psychotherapy
progress and growth of the individual. Both the psychodynamic and the person-centred models are accepted to be therapeutic procedures the aim of which is to bring to the client a better insight and a clearer understanding of their life. Although classed as being different they are both efficient approaches if practised with efficacy. There are numerous differences between the two models but despite this‚ there are many similarities too. The psychodynamic approach represents the traditional way of counselling
Premium Humanistic psychology Sigmund Freud Emotion
creates and provides an atmosphere of trust which has been described as an aspect of an intimate relationship (Monsour‚ 1992). This essay will focus on the relationship process in different counselling approaches; namely Existential counselling‚ Psychodynamic counselling and Person-Centred counselling. It will aim to understand the process and therapeutic approach used in counselling and how the relationship between client-counsellor evolves and what effect this will have on the outcome. Throughout
Premium Psychotherapy Therapy Psychodynamic psychotherapy
Theoretical Essay The Three Theoretical Approaches 22.04.08 Introduction In this essay I have looked at the three theoretical approaches‚ The Person Centred‚ The Psychodynamic and The Cognitive Behaviourist approaches. I have done this through the theoretical knowledge gained in class and through my own personal research‚ triad/diad practice and my personal life and experiences and how they relate to the theory. I have taken each theory‚ and the knowledge I have gained‚ and how this relates
Premium Psychotherapy Thought Mind