LIT 20600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Counselor, Therapeutic Relationship, Countertransference
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Supports what humanistic psychologists have maintained for years: both therapy relationship and the therapy methods influence the outcomes of treatment. The willingness to struggle to become a more therapeutic pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) is (cid:272)(cid:396)u(cid:272)ial (do(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed to ha(cid:448)e all these (cid:395)ualities (cid:271)e innate within you) Have an identity know who they are, what they want, what they are capable of. Respect and appreciate themselves give/receive help and love out of self worth and strength. Authentic, sincere, and honest who they are in their professional work and their personal life is congruent. Have a sense of humor able to put events of life in perspective able to laugh: make mistakes and are willing to admit them. Do not dismiss their errors nor dwell on them. Do not consider all of these in an all or nothing perspective rather consider it as a continuum. Difficult to see from (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t"s perspective without doing this.
