Philosophy of Counseling Therapy

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In this article, it is explained that it is the writer's intention in counseling to form a personal realistic approach. The writer's approach is inclusive of Gestalt therapy, existential psychotherapy, and person-centered theory. The writer believes it is important to help the client find self-awareness and gain peace in his or her life by accepting responsibility for any change that is needed. The writer concludes that a dysfunctional person wants to change and can make necessary changes in order to reach self-awareness and find peace by accepting him or her for who he or she may be.

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Counseling Philosophy
Outcome of My Personality Theory

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"What is personality? Why study the behavior of people? How can counseling make a difference? These are important questions when it comes to creating an individual philosophy in counseling. Perhaps the best starting place in defining my personal counseling philosophy is to begin with the topic of personality because this is what makes each of us unique individuals. Personality consists of what a person thinks, how a person feels, and the way the person behaves through different situations and events. Knowing our personality characteristics and those of others, it allows us to recognize ourselves and limitations that have emphasized the person (known as the idiographic approach) and his/her unique profile of personality. It is from this perspective that I believe the individuals govern their own life by their own body, mind and spirit. The Gestalt theory of wholeness is an important part of my own philosophy of counseling theory, but it also includes Existential psychotherapy, and Person-centered therapy."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Freedom & responsibility - an Existential overview. Retrieved Dec. 5, 2006, from http://www.existential-therapy.com/Special-Topics/Freedom_and_Responsibility.htm
• Latner, J. & Nevis, E. (1992). Origins and development of Gestalt therapy. Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy. Retrieved Dec. 5, 2006, from http://www.aagt.org/html/origins_and_development_of_ges.html
• Person-centered therapy. Retrieved Dec. 5, 2006, from http://www.minddisorders.com/Ob-Ps/Person-centered-therapy.html

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