14.3: Facilitating Self-Actualization

Which of the following is not one of the elements used in client-centered therapy to help the client achieve self-fulfillment?.......

Free association

empathy

Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives - is the ability to understand a client's feelings and thoughts without being judgmental. The therapist does not express disapproval toward the client but rather indicates understanding of the client's feelings

How does this all help????

**For Rogers, a therapist who demonstrates all three qualities—empathy, genuineness, and unconditional positive regard—establishes a positive and nurturing environment. A person feels accepted, understood, and valued. These feelings help the client self-explore a more realistic self-image and perception of the world. This in turn removes the obstacles to personal growth so that self-actualization can be realized.

The Aim of Humanistic Therapy Approaches

- humanistic approach focuses less on unconscious forces and more on the conscious actions we take in controlling our behavior - Humanists believe that behavior is driven not by unconscious impulses, but by how we interpret the world and our awareness of our feelings. The only way to understand a person's behavior, therefore, is to connect with and understand the person's worldview. **** One of the most influential and best known of the humanistic therapies is client-centered therapy.

The goal of humanistic therapy is to change behavior by ____________

....... providing the client with a safe environment for self-exploration and facilitating the journey toward self-fulfillment

client-centered therapy

a humanistic psychotherapy approach formulated by Carl Rogers that emphasizes => "the use of empathy, genuineness, and unconditional positive regard to help the client reach his or her potential" ** The client decides what to talk about, without interpretation or judgment from the therapist.

Genuineness

the ability of a therapist to openly share his or her thoughts and feelings with a client - The therapist expresses his or her true feelings and thoughts to the client and does not hide behind the mask of being the "professional," "doctor," or authority figure

Unconditional positive regard

the ability to accept and value a person for who he or she is, regardless of his or her faults or problems. - This does not mean that the therapist has to personally agree with everything the client states. Rather, the therapist's job is to reflect the client's feelings and thoughts in order to further the client's self-knowledge and enable the client to solve problems in his or her own way --****** enables the client to believe that he or she has value and is competent at making decisions

Which of the following is not one of the elements used in client-centered therapy to help the client achieve self-fulfillment?

.... GENUINENESS