PSY3120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Family Therapy
29 Oct 2018
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To assist clients in reliving earlier experiences and working through repressed conflicts. To (cid:272)halle(cid:374)ge (cid:272)lie(cid:374)ts" (cid:271)asic premises and life goals. To offer encouragement so individuals can develop socially useful goals and increase social interest. To help people see that they are free and to become aware of their possibilities. To challenge them to recognize that they are responsible for events that they formerly thought were happening to them. To pro(cid:448)ide a safe (cid:272)li(cid:373)ate (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)i(cid:448)e to (cid:272)lie(cid:374)ts" self-exploration. To help clients recognize blocks to growth and experience aspects of self that were formerly denied or distorted. To enable them to move toward openness, greater trust in self, willingness to be a process, and increased spontaneity and aliveness. To find meaning in life and to experience life fully. To assist clients in gaining awareness of moment-to-moment experiencing and to expand the capacity to make choices. To eliminate maladaptive behaviors and learn more effective behaviors.
