Essays on Gestalt Therapy

Introduction

The social problem in this case will be drug addicts. There are various types of drugs that can be abused such as alcohol, tobacco, heroin, cocaine, marijuana, etc. Such drugs create dependence syndrome on the user if it is used for long periods of time. Therefore, they are meant to be avoided, and young children taught to avoid them and influences that may cause them to take drugs. The drugs alter the body and the mind and the individual starts behaving in an unusual manner. The person usually stops doing all the things that they found joy in as ...

Freedom of choice and responsibility is the central thought of existential philosophy. We have greater scope of freedom of choice and responsibility beyond what we think and admit. Our freedom of choice and responsibility is subject to some limitations but still we can choose within such limits. The facts and values of life do limit us to certain grounds in life. It is also stated that we are condemned by our freedom of choice and responsibility. We are also condemned to choose from alternatives in life. In my opinion agree with this assumption of freedom of choice and ...

Assumptions of Existential Psychology

One of the assumptions of this perspective is the freedom of choice and responsibility. For human beings, the ability to have this freedom of choice requires them to bear any responsibility that comes from their choices (Park). All humans are free to choose their life path. On the concept of self-awareness, humans have the capacity to increase their freedom depending on the level of their awareness. Additionally, the concept of anxiety results from the experience humans have with confrontation due to their own limitations. This anxiety is aimed towards at the future and is unpredictable (Corso). Another assumption ...

Therapeutic Models

Mental disorder, tentatively referred to as abnormality, has been a core problem in the human race, and it has been very difficult to avoid value judgments in the determination of psychological abnormalities. Further, psychological abnormality has been an essential health issue in tandem to physical abnormality. For years, variety of treatment for mental disorders has been brought forth, and a plethora of approaches and frameworks formulated to help ameliorate such conditions (Totton, 2010). Humanistic and psychodynamic therapies serve as august examples of therapeutic models in psychological approaches to mental health and distress.

Humanistic Therapy

This is an approach formulated in the early 1940s ...

Person-Centered, Existential, and Gestalt Therapies

Carl Rogers discovered person- centered therapy in 1930. He held the belief that a patient should be seen as a client. His theory asserted that the client and the therapist were on the same level unlike before where a therapist was given an upper hand. This theory also held a different view from Freud’s theory in that, it asserts individuals behaviors are motivated by the urge to attain high potential and the good in them. Rollo May and Victor Frankl introduced existential therapy. This theory attempts to explain why human beings exist. It mainly focuses on issues such as death and love ...