Carl Rogers died in 1987 but his legacy lives on and is being carried on by other psychologists who shared his views and believe in his method of counselling. This approach of working is best described by Rogers in his own words: ‘it is the client who knows what hurts, what directions to go, what problems are crucial, what experiences have been deeply buried’. (Rogers 1961). Rogers is saying that the client holds the knowledge to heal themselves, the counsellor needs to provide the client with core conditions in order for the client to be able to educate themselves. I am going to explore the core conditions that Carl Rogers uses in his theory of person centred counselling.
The book, China’s Son, perfectly shows how family caused effect on Chen Da, and made him become successful. Although there are many reasons why someone can achieve their dream and the first thing we think of is their hard work. Hard working isn’t the only factor that makes people succeed; research had shown “23 percent of educational attainment is determined by environment, implying that up to 77 percent is determined by nature” (U.S Elementary and Secondary School). There are many causes and factors to make a successful person, and family background and environment is the main reason behind succeed among all of others. Family along can’t make someone become successful, but it’s the main influence behind someone had
Erickson, I’ve been flicking through the other books on the list but for some reason, I know that this man was special (my personal opinion of course). Erickson seemed to ‘get people’, he understood that everyone is unique. Erickson believed that he should tailor his approach to the client, so he based his screed on his observations of the client at the time. He believed that people should participate in their own therapy and he was well known for his permissive style. Interestingly, Erickson used his screeds for waking hypnosis when talking to his clients before the main session
The main therapeutic techniques are: Logotherapy, the “I-thou model”, and the self-in-world concept. However since existential counseling is not a technique driven therapy, techniques from other therapies can be used effectively with an existential therapeutic focus. It appears applicable to a wide variety of counseling situations in which clients are seeking to resolve issues concerning the ultimate ‘meaning of life’ and does focus on the collaborative nature of the counselor – client relationship. Running Head: EXISTENTIAL COUNSELING 3 Existential therapy or counseling is classified as a humanistic theory by Maslow due to its focus on helping people achieve their full potential in life (Maddi, 1978). It is viewed more as an attitudinal or philosophical approach to counseling rather than a theory of therapy because it is loosely based on existential philosophy and it is not tied to any particular therapeutic technique (Sharf, 2004).
From there, true happiness will emerge. The goal of Christian Counseling is to, “free better people to worship and serve God” (Crabb, 1977, p. 22). When people worship God, happiness will most likely come. Similarly, the American Association of Christian Counselors states that our goal as Christian Counselors is to, “help others move to personal wholeness, interpersonal competence, mental stability, and spiritual maturity” (“About Us”, n.d.). Now, looking at the American Counseling Association’s Code of Ethics, we find a counselor’s main responsibility “is to respect the dignity and to promote the welfare of clients.” According to
Secular worldviews often see human relationships as self-serving with an ultimate goal of getting ahead of the other person for bettering on oneself. In contrast, a biblical worldview of human relationships seeks to serve others first and place God above all else. Romans 2:8 speaks on the ultimate fate for the “selfishly ambitious” who do not obey the Word of God. Throughout the Bible, there are several instances of the ultimate human relationship found in Scripture. For example, Mark 12:31 states, “ …’You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’” as Jesus’ proclamation of human relationships with one another and God.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy While reading chapter ten of the textbook, in Dr. Gerald Corey introduction of Albert Ellis it is possible to read between the lines and feel Dr. Corey admiration for Dr. Ellis. (Corey, 2009) During his introduction, Corey states, “to some extent Ellis developed his approach as a method of dealing with his own problems.” (Corey, 2009, p. 273) An additional thing that Dr. Corey points out about Dr. Ellis is that he used humor as part of his philosophy. Dr. Ellis believed so much in his therapy that he continues to teach it until he was too sick to continue. In the textbook it talks about Dr. Ellis having classes with students from his hospital bed. (Corey, 2009, p. 273) Albert Ellis Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) differs from early therapies because it doesn’t dig into the past but concentrates on the present here and now.
In conclusion we will see why it could be argued that the latter approach is the most useful for many clients. The term counselling is virtually interchangeable with psychotherapy. Psychotherapy means ‘healing the mind or soul’ (Nelson-Jones, 2011, p.3) and counselling tries to do the same. For counselling to work on a one to one or group basis then the clients must be there willingly. For many the relationship between client and counsellor is crucial to the success of the therapy and is based on trust and respect.
Gestalt therapy shares many concepts of the Rogerian therapy of Carl Rogers, but it is in a category of itself. Gestalt therapy began with many Western influences of Philosophy, Christianity and science (Brownell, 2010). Fritz Perls and his wife Laura Perls were the developers and originators of Gestalt therapy, but they were influenced by the theories of Aristotle, Kant, and Freud (Brownell, 2010, p. 43). Fritz Perls grew up with a challenging and rebellious background, despite his difficulties in school after failing the seventh grade twice, and was expelled from school his brilliance was never diminished (Corey, 2009, p. 198). Earlier challenges in his life greatly shaped his character into the well-known theorist we reference today which is merely inspiring.
Christianity exalting love, self esteem, self-image and so does Psychology. God is heedful of how we view ourselves and He want us to live, interact and hold our lives as people who know who they are; and so does Psychology instruct. Life is precious and we got to give ourselves the best we can because there are resources within us that are meant to give us positivity towards life. Both parameter caution us about judging others, encourages us to be