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Humanistic psychology
Definition
Humanistic psychology is a perspective that emphasizes looking at the whole individual and stresses concepts such as free will, self-efficacy, and self-actualization. Rather than concentrating on dysfunction, humanistic psychology strives to help people fulfill their potential and maximize their well-being.
Humanistic Therapy
The aim of humanistic therapy is usually to help the client develop a stronger and healthier sense of self, also called self-actualization. Humanistic therapy attempts to teach clients that they have potential for self-fulfillment. This type of therapy is insight-based, meaning that the therapist attempts to provide the client with insights about their inner conflicts.
Daily life situations
The humanistic approach would, for example, encourage a friend who says his life is boring to focus on positive aspects of itself and how could he improve his life by finding a new hobbie or friendship.
Another example is when maybe a friend is focused and being frustrated about what somebody else has or does, this branch of psychology would recommend to help him by remembering him what he has and what’s good in his life
Origins
During the 1970s as a reaction to psychoanalysis and behaviorism. Psychoanalysis was focused on understanding the unconscious motivations that drive behavior while behaviorism studied the conditioning processes that produce behavior.
Carl Rogers
The major theorists considered to have prepared the ground for Humanistic Psychology are Otto Rank, Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers and Rollo May
Rogers believed that every person could achieve their goals, wishes, and desires in life. When, or rather if they did so, self actualization took place. This was one of Carl Rogers most important contributions to psychology, and for a person to reach their potential a number of factors must be satisfied.
Carl Rogers is widely regarded as one of the most eminent thinkers in psychology. He is best known for developing the psychotherapy method called client-centered therapy and for being one of the founders of humanistic psychology.
Impacts
It provides an enormous influence on the course of psychology and contributed new ways of thinking about mental health.
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