NRNP 6645 Week 7 Assignment; Comparing Humanistic-Existential Psychotherapy With Other Approaches
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Humanistic-Existential Psychotherapy
This assignment is going to discuss humanistic-existential psychotherapy and compare it with cognitive behavioral psychotherapy. It will also explore the similarities and differences between these therapies and how these therapies if used appropriately can benefit the clients.
Humanistic-existential psychotherapy is an approach is about finding meaning and purpose in life. It focus on how people relates to life through self awareness, self-actualization, building a meaningful and productive relationships and how to relate to the world(Grande, 2009). It is about connecting the past to the present and relates to the future purpose in life.
The inability to connects and have a meaningful existence can results in fear, meaninglessness, guilt, emptiness and death(PsychothereapyNet, 2009). There are two existential problems that is related to humanistic-existential. The existential anxiety is expected to be normal and the individual is required to be courageous in order to have a full balance of the world. This might be a challenge but not pathological as it is part of human condition which can be appropriate to situations (Grande,2009).
The other problem is Neurotic anxiety which is inappropriately based on the situation and disproportionately could be caused because of existential problems. At any rate, the individual needs to seek help in order to get through what causes the anxiety and how to get over it, this can be achieved through talking to the Counsellor or psychotherapy for support……….. Continue