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Readings: Humanistic – Existential

Wedding & Corsini: Ch. 8

Rogers, C. R. (2007).

Videos

Rollo May, Ph.D., On Existential Psychotherapy (Links to an external site.)
Carl Rogers, Ph.D., On Person Centered Therapy (Links to an external site.)
Carl Rogers Ph.D., And the Person Centered Approach (Links to an external site.)

Discussion post:

What are the core elements of Humanistic Psychology? What are the core elements of    Existential psychology and psychotherapies?

How do they compare?

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Humanistic Existential Psychotherapies, according to Wedding and Corsini, derived from the Greek philosopher, Epicurus. Epicurus believed that concerns of death were disguised manifestations. He constructed multiple arguments to help the alleviation of death anxiety, one of these arguments was that the soul was mortal and dies with the body. This brings people to the conclusion that since there is no afterlife, there is nothing to fear (Wedding & Corsini, 2014).

Although Epicurus had connections to existentialism, French philosophers, Jean Paul Sartre and Gabriel Marcel, developed existentialism in the 1940s. A colleague with connections to Sigmund Freud, Ludwig Binswanger, was the first to combine existentialism and psychotherapy. Skip to 1988, the United Kingdom created a Society for Existential Analysis was formed (Wedding & Corsini, 2014).

Currently, existential psychotherapy concerns itself not about techniques, but about human beings themselves. Psychotherapists who are existentially oriented would read philosophy and literature to further their knowledge (Wedding & Corsini, 2014). Circling back to death, current existential therapists look at rediscovering the living person while modern people are being dehumanized in culture. In order to achieve this, their focus is less on the symptoms the patient is experiencing and more on how a client can be more aware (Wedding & Corsini, 2014).

Humanism stresses the importance of human factors instead of religious, divine, or spiritual matters. Humanism is rooted in the idea that the human alone has the responsibility to live a fulfilling life that contributes to the great good of mankind (Cherry, 2020). Although not expressing them as essential goals, wellness and fairness are informed core values of humanistic psychology (Duff, 2016). Humanistic Psychology emphasizes looking at the whole person. Concepts that are stressed are free will, self-actualization, and self-efficacy. Behind Humanistic Psychology, thinkers believe that psychoanalysis and behaviorism focused too much on pessimism and tragedy (Cherry, 2020).

References

Carl Rogers, Ph.D., On Person Centered Therapy

Carl Rogers Ph.D., and the Person Centered Approach

Duff, J., Rubenstein, C., & Prilleltensky, I. (2016). Wellness and fairness: Two core values for humanistic psychology. The Humanistic Psychologist, 44(2), 127141. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000020 (Links to an external site.)

Rogers, C. R. (2007). The necessary and sufficient conditions of therapeutic personality change. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 44(3), 240-248. doi:10.1037/0033-3204.44.3.240.

Rollo May, Ph.D., On Existential Psychotherapy

Wedding, D. & Corsini, R. (2014). Current psychotherapies (10th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.

Evaluating a Counterterrorism Strategy

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Please provide a 12-15 page critical analysis on the following. Please make sure you have a clear thesis as the last sentence of the introduction, with discussions and analysis of your ideas in the body paragraphs.

Discuss counterterrorism operation: U.S. Afghanistan

Make sure you present examples of how the strategy was or wasn’t effective. This discussion should reflect the specific wave, groups, locations, and who was conducting the Counterterrorism strategies. Were there aspects of a strategy that failed that was positive (and conversely negative aspects of successful strategies)? Were all the variables of iSTART present in the operation, and were they effective? Discuss.

For your conclusion, evaluate these strategies and discuss if they have universal value or just specific to that time/group. Remember to follow the writing requirements for all assignments. You must have a thesis as the last sentence of the introduction, you must write in third person, and you need to use research appropriately.

(acronym iSTART meaning:

ideology:  The beliefs of the organization.

Strategy:  The way the organization is incorporating goals into their efforts in order to reach an end state.

Tactics:  The specific type of attacks the organization conducts.

Accounting (Financing):  How the organization is acquiring funding.

Recruitment:  How the organization is gaining additional followers and soldiers.

Targets:  This variable could be part of strategy or tactics or discussed separately, but often the specific targets an organization chooses often represents the ideology of the organization, or keeps the organization relevant.)

Master application

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Discuss your goals for graduate study and for your professional career. What experiences have most contributed to your desire to study international relations? How will Johns Hopkins SAIS and your intended concentration serve to meet your academic and professional goals? This essay should be 600 words in length.

PROMPT

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Shar is a 28-year-old female active golfer who fell down the stairs last week and presented to the office three days ago with a high-grade sprain of the right ankle diagnosed by the orthopedist. Today, she reports to you that her ankle is painful, tender, and swollen. She had difficulty ambulating after playing a round of golf with her friends yesterday. What is your treatment plan for Shar, and why? What clinical guidelines support your decision? What patient education should you give to Shar?

Use at least one scholarly source other than your textbook to connect your response to national guidelines and evidence-based research in support of your ideas. 
In your peer replies, please reply to at least one peer who chose a different topic.