Humanistic Approach

Abraham Maslow

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Born 1908Died 1970

Hierarchy of needs

Carl Rodgers

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Born 1902, died 1987Trained in the psychodynamic approach.

Holistic

Person as a whole

All aspects of a persons life

Personal Agency

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We always have a choice about how we can act and respond to a situation.

Phenomenological

Unique viewpoint of the individual

Person is expert in their own life

Strengths

Ties in with care values

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Promoting independanceIndividualisation

Focus on the service user

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Experienced immediatly

Helps develop internal locus of evaluation

Focus on uniqueness of the person

Looks at all aspects of a person

Able to develop + demonstrate core conditions with little training

Weaknesses

Model of counselling

Long time for effects to take place

Difficult to demonstrate core conditions fully day-to-day