existential therapy founders Key figures: Viktor Frankl, Rollo May, and Irvin Yalom
focused on the human search for meaning in existence,
existential therapy
emphasizing individuality and choice
*Basic goal = self support, deals with awareness. Here and
Now.
gestalt therapy
Taking responsibility for ones own actions
enhancing awareness
gestalt therapy founder fritz (Frederick and laura?)pers and Paul Goodman
central relational paradox concept of relational cultural therapy
technique for gestalt therapy empty chair and impasse
self support, acceptance of peers, awareness of present
goal of gestalt therapy
moment
dyadic therapy founder Michael Hughes PhD
Dyadic therapy mainly deals with what problem experiential approach to trauma and its ettect on children
Core tenet of dyadic therapy parent-child relationships influence child development
Intervention used in Dyadic therapy (acronym) PACE - playfulness, acceptance curiosity, and empathy
Relational cultural therapy founder Jean Baker Miller
feminist movement and multicultural changes in psychol-
Relational cultural therapy is based on:
ogy
social justice - sex roles, power, dominance, marginaliza-
RCT compliments which movement?
tion, subordination and mental health of all people
9 core tenants of RCT
1/8
, 1. People grow through and toward relationship through-
out the lifespan.
2. Movement toward mutuality, rather than movement
toward separation, characterizes mature functioning.
3. Relational ditterentiation and elaboration characterize
growth.
4. Mutual empathy and mutual empowerment are at the
core of growth-fostering relationships.
5. In growth-fostering relationships, all people contribute
and grow or benefit; development is not a one-way street.
6. Therapy relationships are characterized by a special kind
of mutuality.
7. Mutual empathy is the vehicle for change in therapy.
8. Real engagement and therapeutic authenticity are nec-
essary for the development of mutual empathy.
is to create and maintain Mutually-Growth-Fostering Re-
A primary goal of RCT lationships, relationships in which both parties feel that
they matter.
1) a desire to move into more relationships, because of
how a good relational experience feels; 2) a sense of zest,
In RCT,all of the involved parties with healthy relationships
or energy; 3) increased knowledge of oneself and the
experience what is known as the Five Good Things. These
other person in the relationship; 4) a desire to take action
are:
both in the growth-fostering relationship and outside of
it; 5) an overall increased sense of worth.
One of the core tenets of RCT is the Central Relational
Paradox (CRP). The CRP assumes that 2/8