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Originally Posted by struggling2
im not sure what t's theoretical approach is per say but I think its possible...its more the issue of me allowing it to happen. stupid vulnerability fears  |
It's good to know at least it may be a possibility. I hear ya on the vulnerability issue. Maybe with time you will feel safe enough with your T to be more open to deepening your relationship. You have chosen to be in therapy and I think that shows an openness to the possibility. If all you wanted was surface dealings with people, would you be in therapy?
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Originally Posted by CantExplain
So a non-humanistic therapy would begin with the premise that the patient is a sinner and cannot be saved by human effort alone.
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I guess you could choose many aspects of descriptions of humanistic therapy and create an "opposite" from it. You could do that exercise with any type of therapy. For example, in humanistic therapy, key features are that the therapist gives unconditional positive regard and is genuine and congruent, and the therapy itself is client-centered. So in a therapy that is the opposite of humanistic, the therapist would be judgmental, disingenuous, and present a face to the client different from how he really is, and the therapy would be therapist-centered. Sounds awful! Is there name for that kind of therapy? Maybe just bad therapy? I guess we could have a thread on therapy opposites. What is the opposite of CBT? A therapy where the therapist champions irrational thought.
What is the opposite of Lifespan integration therapy? One where the goal is fragmentation.
Etc.
A great read for those interested in Existential/Humanistic psychology:
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl