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| considers the full range of human functioning, thoughts, feelings, behaviors, body, language, and dreams. humans are not whole and must reach self awareness to become whole individuals. if a need in a person isn't met,then person is stuck in that need |
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existential and phenomenological - grounded in the here in now
experimental - derives organically i the session, used as tool for individual to gain self awareness
gets rid of self deception and allows us to chose existence in meaningful way |
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| Principles (holism, field theory, figure formation process, organismic self regulation) |
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Holism - consider full range of human functioning
Field theory - the field is the clients environment which consists of therapist and client and all that goes on between them, client is participating in a constantly changing field
figure formation - how an individual organizes experiences from moment to moment (figure - focus, ground - backgroudn),
Organismic self regulation- emergence of need sensations and interests disturb an individual's equilibrium |
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| increase self awareness, develop ownership of oneself, give and accept help, experience others environment and learn and grow from that, growth, empowerment |
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the now - power is in the present, nothing exist except the now, past is gone and future has yet to arrive
unfinished business - feelings about past are unexpressed and linger int he background which interfere with effective contact
humans are self regulating, knowledge comes from experience of receiver, meaningful existence comes from being aware, people are defined by boundaries (connectivity and separation), past/present used to avoid the now, recreate past if overwhelmingly interfering with the now |
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| are expressed through in completion of the whole, unfinished business creates a preoccupation of the past which leads to compulsive behavior, wariness oppressive energy, self-defeating behavior |
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| is created when there is a gap between the here and now, people can become preoccupied with the past and future can lead to defense mechanisms |
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| Avoidance (defense mechanism) |
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| means ppl use to avoid unfinished business, ppl become stuck |
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| Boundary Disturbances/resistance to contact (defense mechanisms) |
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| defenses we develop to prevent us from experiencing the present fully, five major channels of resistance: introjection, deflection, confluence, projection, and retroflection, |
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| experiment, internal dialogue, rehearsal exercise, exaggeration exercise, staying with the feeling, making the rounds, dream work |
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| creates frustration (leads to growth), pays attention to non/verbal cues, doesn't make interpretations, puts autonomy on client, relationship is important, relive/recreate dreams/unfinished business, acceptance and integration |
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