WALDEN 6645 WEEK 7 HUMANISTIC-EXISTENTIAL THERAPY

WALDEN 6645 WEEK 7 HUMANISTIC-EXISTENTIAL THERAPY Therapeutic approach that believes that a person is constantly presented with choices and must take responsibility for those choices HEA Chapter 6 of Wheeler/Chapter 7 of Nichols & Davis Week 7 Existential-Humanistic Therapy It's Gonna Be Fun!!! Final Exam Review Person-Centered Therapy requires the following three facilitative conditions necessary for positive therapeutic outcomes: a. knowledge, emotional maturity, ability for insight b. empathetic understanding, emotional maturity, ability for insight c. self-awareness, congruence, unconditional positive regard d. congruence, empathetic understanding, unconditional positive regard d. congruence, empathetic understanding, unconditional positive regard Gestalt, MI, emotion focused therapy (EFT) Three forms of humanistic-existential and solution-focused approaches to psychotherapy-The fourth type is Existential Therapy Holism, self-actualization, facilitative communication, & the therapeutic relationship Focuses of the Humanistic-Existential Approach (HEA) Belief of human nature-a central belif of person centered therapy The belief that humans are capable of self-understanding and self-direction and able to live effective and productive lives and that people only become destructive only when a poor self-concept or external constraints override the core sense of goodness HEA nurse theorist; Human-to-Human relationship model based on Kierkegaard and Frankl stressing importance of meaning associated with pain, illness, and sitress Travelbee HEA nurse theorists Paterson and Zderad HEA nurse theorist; Theory of Human Caring based on Carl Rogers's unconditional acceptance and positive regard and creating "caring moments of healing" Jean Watson - Developed by Travelbee (1971) - Defined nursing as an interpersonal process whereby the professional nurse practitioner assists an individual, family, or community to prevent or cope with the experience of illness + suffering and, if necessary, to find meaning in these experiences Human-to-Human Relationship Model The notion that a person's perception of an event are more important than the event itself. Phenomenological philosophy Fathers of humanistic-existential philosophy Rogers, Maslow, May, Moustakas, Allport First force of psychotherapy Psychoanlaysis Second force of psychotherapy the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2). Behaviorism therapies that share an emphasis on the development of human potential and the belief that human nature is basically positive Humanistic-existential psychotherapy the subjective experience of the patient in the context of his or her unique experience. phenomenological perspective The patient, rather than the therapist, generates explanations and interpretations; patients are capable of reflective consciousness leading to self-determination and self-actualization HEA Therapist Approach Form of therapy committed to the phenomenological perspective HEA In this type of therapy the centraliy of the therapeutic relationship is key to achieving outomes HEA A core belief of ___________________________ therapy centers on the belief in ________________________that addresses dysfunction from an integrated perspective; the person is a unified whole of mind, body, and spirit work together influencing and modifying each other HEA & holism A feature of HEA in which the patient is recollecting a past event and the practitioner guides them to relay the event as if it was happening right at that moment is referred to focusing on the ____________ & ___________. It also refers to the process in which any issues are processed as they emerge in the session. here and now Element of HEA that focuses on process instead of content which includes action and reaction during the session Prominence of the process The idea that humans have awareness, authenticity, freedom, choice, responsibility, meaning, and self-actualization Humanistic-Existential Themes (HE themes) Component of HEA that facilitates the freedom to choose and organize their life in a meaningful way Awareness