PSY3120 Chapter Notes - Chapter ?: Art Therapy, Therapeutic Relationship, Personal Development

• School: Monash University
• Department: Health Sciences - Psychology
• Course: PSY3120
• Professor: Various

Document Summary

Natalie rogers: pioneer in person-centered expressive art therapy (carl rogers was her father, access feelings through creative expressions, hidden/unconscious aspects of self are discovered and shared w/therapist. Introduction: carl rogers= hugely influential, shares concepts and values w/existential therapy, people do(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed dire(cid:272)t i(cid:374)ter(cid:448)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374) fro(cid:373) a therapist, (cid:272)apa(cid:271)le of self-directed growth, client-therapist relas= determines outcome of therapy, client= primary agent for constructive self-change. 4 periods of development of the approach: 1940s: non-directive counseling. Alternative to directive and interpretive approaches at the time. Advice, direction, teaching and diag(cid:374)osis (cid:374)ot i(cid:374) this approa(cid:272)h. refle(cid:272)t (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t"s (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)i(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s, do(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ention yourself: 1950s: renamed approach client-centered therapy. Best way to understand someone s behavior= look into their internal frame of reference: late 1950s-1970s: looking at necessary and sufficient conditions of therapy to see what ingredients cause therapeutic change. Personal & interpersonal factors= more effective than techniques: 1980s-1990s: person-centered approach.