Stec - SHS: Lecture Notes
Stec - SHS: Lecture Notes
DATE: STRAND:HUMSS
TIME: SECTION: LAW
TOPIC:
Methods in Counseling
Psychoanalysis (Sigmund Freud)
*it encompasses therapeutic models that utilize dreams, fantasies,
associations & the expression of thoughts both verbally & physically
Behaviorism (Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
* psychological disorders are a result of maladaptive learning that all
behavior is learnt from our environment & symptoms are acquired through:
**classical conditioning (learning by association )
**operant conditioning (rewards & punishment)
Humanistic Perspective (Carl Rogers)
*attempts to understand the conscious mind, free will, human dignity & the
capacity for self-reflection and growth through self-empowerment by
recognizing strengths, reactivity & choice in the given circumstances
COUNSELING TOOLS
Psychoanalytic Therapy - developed by Sigmund Freud
* unconscious energy and experiences drive people's behavior in the form
of unconscious motives and conflicts
Goal: to help a client become conscious of this energy and early
experiences & thereby become empowered and harness both positively
Adlerian Therapy - developed by Alfred Adler
* the first six years of life influence an individual thus humans are
motivated
primarily by social urges
Goal: to help a client interprets his/her past and its continuing
influence on him/her
Existential Therapy - developed by Viktor Frankl, Abraham Maslow & Rollo
May
* focuses on the human capacity to define & shape his/her own life, give
meaning to personal circumstance through reflection, self-awareness &
decision-making
Goal: to help a client realize that we have a responsibility to live & to
see in life what we chose to
Person-centered Therapy - developed by Carl Rogers
* people get, share or surrender power & control over themselves and
others
and so empowerment depended on the SELF
Goal: to help a client undergo self-discovery
Gestalt Therapy - developed by Frederick S. Perls
* people must find their own way in life and accept personal
responsibility
for maturity; develop an awareness of the unfinished past , traumatic
experiences
and their road to recovery
Goal: to help a client undergo the process of “letting go “
Transactional Analysis - developed by Eric Berne
* it gives emphasis on decisions and contracts that must be made by the
client
Goal: to help a client view the potentials for CHOICE, DIRECTIONS & GOALS
Behavior Therapy - developed by Arnold Lazarus, Albert Bandura, B.F.
Skinner
* it focuses on the overt behavior, precision in specifying the goals of
treatment & the development of specific treatment plans
Goal: to help a client improve his/her behavior