Comparison/Contrast Paper on the Psychoanalytical, Existential, and Person Centered Therapies BSHS 312 February 6, 2012 Paula Krasselt Comparison and Contrast of the Psychoanalytical, Existential, and Person Centered Therapies Throughout the centuries, different methods and techniques have been developed to help enhance the quality of therapy for people who suffer from different types of behaviors. Many theories about how and what therapy is and most effective techniques have also been sought
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What does Mersault mean by the following: “Mother used to say that you’re never altogether unhappy. And lying there in my prison when the sky turned red and a new day slid into my cell, I’d agree with her. Because I could have just as easily heard footsteps and my heart could have burst.” (The Outsider, p.109). Discuss. In Albert Camus’ The Outsider, the cental protagonist Mersault is able to form a relationship with the reader, pushing them to question their own place in society and look
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THE ALCHEMIST By Paulo Coelho New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1993 ISBN # 0-06-250218-2 (paper) 174 pages Comments by Bob Corbett November 2009 This is a lovely book, tender but profound. It is about the importance of seeking one’s own meaning of life and spending one’s life fulfilling it. Coelho calls it seeking one’s “Personal Legend.” It reminds me very much of what the Existentialists would have called “authenticity.” However, unlike the Existentialists who write rather darkly about
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Theories of Personality Team C (Get it) PSY/405 March 20, 2014 Doctor Sabrina Norman Explaining Individuals’ Behavior Introduction paragraph needs to be 150 words Humanistic and Existential Theories Affect Individual Personalities “The humanistic theory emphasizes free will in the development of personality” (Kowalski & Western, 2011). Existential-humanistic psychology plays a significant part in the development of individual personalities. Humanistic theory is the perception of
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Save as many as you ruin Going through life, you are going to make many difficult decisions, every day you have to choose something and therefore deselect something else; some decisions will be the best ones we ever made, others we will live to regret for the rest of our lives. One thing is for sure though, you can’t change the past, and you can’t just go back and redo the important decisions, that’s just life. However, sometimes, if you’re lucky, life gives you a second chance. Gerard, the main
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Personal Model of Helping Existential Therapy Model BSHS/312 Therapy is a tool that is used everyday. It helps individuals and families sort through problems that one may be going through. A clinician can use several therapeutic models as a tool. There is the person-centered theory, which increases congruence between self and experience by reducing conditions of self worth. The Psychoanalytic model makes the unconscious conscious through free association. The Behavioral model positively reinforce
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Kierkegaard felt that subjective reflection was more crucial to the individual life than objective reflection, because subjective reflection focuses on passion and human existence rather than logic and impersonal truth. The objective world is the world of facts and truth, independent of the perceptions of humans. Objective reflection focuses on what actually is, in the real world. Objective reflection centers on the things and ideas in the world that give meaning to life. The subjective world is
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Jean Genet’s life experiences in 1940’s France affected the content of his book Querelle of Brest. This is immediately evident when you glance at the main character of Querelle of Brest. The immediate comparisons are obvious, both Jean Genet and Querelle were in the French military, both Genet and Querelle are criminals, and both Genet and Querelle have a history of homosexual tendencies. These similarities are just the surface however. Genet uses the characters in Querelle of Brest to express complex
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Several of me occupy themselves around my bedroom. Logical me sits attentively in my desk chair. Lighthearted me hangs upside-down, off the back of my recliner. Existentialist me leans against my door, eyebrows raised. Stressed me, Independent me, and Artistic me are also present.) Stressed: So, come on, what’s this meeting about? Logical: (Taking a deep breath) Well, it’s time we come together. It’s time we create “Jeremy.” Lighthearted: (Furrowing his brow, but smiling) What? Is this “Captain
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OUTSTANDING WOMEN ALONG HISTORY Although many of the accomplishments and contributions of women have been lost from the history books, women have played a vital role in the course of human civilization. From raising families to leading armies, women have made untold contributions to history. We find extraordinary people who just happen to be women, and these ones serves as inspiration for current and future generations - for both women and men. Starting on the Suffrage Movement, on Election Day
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