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Counseling Theories
Question | Answer |
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Person-Centered | Congruence between real self and actual self, people naturally seek growth and goals (Rogers, Adler, Maslow) |
Existential | Find unique meaning in life, increases self-awareness, importance placed on "choice" in tough situations (Frankl) |
Adlerian | People are motivated by social interests, goals motivate behavior (Adler) |
Psychoanalytic | Unconscious motives drive behavior (Freud) |
Systems Therapy | Individuals are part of a larger system; treatment of the entire family and other systems in crucial in the therapeutic change process |
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) | **Best Practice Places an emphasis on a person's belief system as the cause of many problems. Internal dialogue plays a key role in behavior. Faulty assumptions must be addressed through talk and modified through role play. |
Rational Emotive | Confrontation of irrational beliefs (Ellis) |
Gestalt | Wholeness and integration of thoughts; move a person from external locus of control to internal locus of control |
Reality Therapy | Centers on choices people make and how they are working for them. Clients take charge by examining their own life (Glasser) |