PSYC 3330 Lecture 13: 13 - Humanistic Psychotherapy
19 Apr 2016
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Inner nature seems not to be intrinsically or primarily or necessarily evil human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be . Since this inner nature is good or neutral rather than bad, it is best to bring it out and encourage it rather than to suppress it. If it is permitted to guide our life, we grow healthy fruitful and happy. If this essential core of the person is denied or suppressed, [the person] gets sick sometimes in obvious ways, sometimes in subtle ways, sometimes immediately, sometimes later. maslow (1968) Carl rogers was a leading figure, as was abraham maslow. Humanism was a rxn against freud"s approach. Assumed human nature wasn"t so bad - not id driven. Overlapping terms for humanism: nondirective, client-centred, person-centred. Based on bringing out or encouraging human nature. Plant metaphor - people arrive with an inborn tendency to grow - to achieve self- actualization.
