Psychology- as explored through the eyes of Carl Jung and Abraham Maslow When Carl Jung says, “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves”, he very aptly describes the role that Psychology plays in exploring and examining the processes of the human brain and how that impacts our behaviors and personality. Comparing the theories of Jung and Maslow could take hours since each one had enough to say about what their beliefs were about the human condition. But while Carl Jung focused on how the unconscious affected our personality (Introversion and Extraversion), Abraham Maslow focused on the integration of self (Self-Actualization Theory). Jung believed that there were active centers in the unconscious
In the mini-lecture by Dr. Sue he states, “MCT can be defined as both a helping role and process that uses modalities and defines goals, consistent with the life experiences and cultural values of clients.” He also states that MCT involves broadening the role that counselors plays and therefore need to play multiple roles that involve not only the traditional role but systems intervention as well. It is important to avoid a blind application of techniques to all situations and all populations. Another important role is building a therapeutic alliance using empathy, positive regard, respect, warmth and genuineness, self-disclosure, management of counter transference and agreement on goals between the counselor and client (Sue & Sue, 2013) What is the significance of a client's social and cultural context within MCT? Multicultural therapy balances the individualism approach with the collective approach and acknowledges families, significant others, communities and cultures (Sue & Sue, 2013). In MCT the client’s social and cultural background is of importance.
Learners will investigate the term ‘consent’ in a social care context and develop an understanding of its importance when initiating care practice, actions or activities. The unit also provides advice on dealing with situations where consent is not readily available. Learners will consider the concept of active participation, the benefits of this and also ways of reducing barriers to enable full participation by all users of the service. Issues concerning informed choices are considered, together with the balance of risk taking and assessing when empowering individuals to exercise their rights to choice. The unit examines the links between wellbeing, self-esteem and individual identity.
Process Report of a Client Centred Therapy Session Reflection and Literature Review Gina Enache-Raw PS 4002 - Humanistic Approach and Skills Abstract The purpose of this process report is to critically evaluate my sensitivity within the counselling process and to assess my awareness of what was occurring within the therapy as this allows me to explore areas that have potential for further development and to increase my understanding of a humanistic framework. I will attempt to inform the reader about my interactions with the client and explain how I have made sense of the therapeutic process and what I have learned from the experience. One of the main reasons for choosing this particular session was because I have previously worked with the client and there were certain issues worth exploring from both, mine and client’s perspective. For example, as the reader will see from the excerpt the client spoke about issues within her family and I have considered this to be of a particular interest from both personal and multi-cultural perspectives. Process Report of a Client Centred Therapy Session Reflection and Literature Review "It is that the individual has within himself or herself vast resources for self-understanding, for altering his or her self-concept, attitudes and self-directed behavior - and that these resources can be tapped if only a definable climate of facilitative psychological attitudes can be provided."
The question as to who is bigger and who can do or not do this or that, and to whom-these questions fill the adult’s inner life far beyond the necessities and the desirability’s which he understands and for which he plans-Erik Erikson(1950). Defense of Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development Like Sigmund Freud, Erikson believed that every individual is born with basic instincts and that development occurs in stages. These stages are influenced through maturation and growth both physically and psychologically. Erikson believed in the Id, ego and superego. He differed with Freud that social and cultural influences have an important role in molding human development, rather than sexual urges and pleasure He believed that humans are rational and their feelings, thoughts and actions are mostly controlled by the ego.
Gestalt therapy focuses on the whole of an individual's experience; their thoughts, feelings and actions, and concentrates on the “here and now” and what is happening from one moment to the next. Gestalt therapy is influenced by psychoanalytic theory and though focus is on present time, therapists will concentrate on past experiences to the extent that they affect current functioning. The view is nondeterministic in that the person is viewed as having the capacity to recognize how earlier influences are related to present difficulties. As an experiential approach, it is grounded in the here-and-now and emphasizes personal choice and responsibility. The main goal of Gestalt therapy is to assist clients in gaining awareness of moment-to-moment experiencing and to expand the capacity to make choices.
Freud says that the id is the source of all psychic energy and that makes it the primary component of personality. The theory's main ideas are that the id is driven by the pleasure principle. This principle goes for an immediate response to all desires, wants, and needs. If the needs aren't satisfied, it would lead to a state of anxiety or tension. The ego is the personality that is used for dealing with reality.
The Self: Conception and Aspects Psych 555 University of Phoenix The Self: Conception and Aspects The self and all its aspects are an integral part of social psychology. Learning more about the self fosters our understanding of ourselves as individuals and others in general. Acknowledging the self and attempting to understand it may have important evolutionary potential as the understanding leads to group membership (Fiske, 2010). The self is a fluid concept with static components. An individual’s identity may shift and evolve over time but have characteristics that remain the same.
My interpretation of this definition is that psychology, while unique to each person, is the culmination of all experiences which ultimately identifies a being and can at times predict or evoke certain behaviors. In the clinical sense, psychology can be a useful tool when controlling behavior, gathering data for an identified population or attempting to explain the what and why’s we encounter everyday of our lives. Psychology and Life (19th Edition) goes on to describe the evolution of modern psychology, which can trace its beginnings to ancient Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle. Plato and Aristotle had opposing views that weighed heavily on modern psychology. On one hand Plato believed in more of a nativist view, in which assumes that people are preprogrammed for certain behavior due to their lineage from the time they are born (Gerrig, R. J. and Zimbardo, P. G. 6).
Transactional Analysis (TA) a theory developed by Eric Berne describing how and why people behave and interact. Berne used language more easily understood by practitioners and clients to explain his theory of personality using ego states, transactions, life scripts and psychological games. Berne describes each person as comprising of an amalgamation of three ego states of Parent, Adult and Child. Berne describes ego states “phenomenologically as a coherent system of feelings, and operationally as a set of coherent behaviour patterns; or pragmatically, as a system of feelings which motivates a related set of behaviour patterns.” (1961, p17) Transactions are the theory of communication between people, or even internal dialogue with oneself. Understanding transactions and improving communication is therapeutically beneficial.