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What is Humanistic Psychotherapy?
Author(s) -
Rowan John
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.1992.tb01357.x
Subject(s) - psychodrama , catharsis , psychology , gestalt therapy , psychotherapist , humanistic psychology , transpersonal , humanism , transpersonal psychology , experiential learning , identity (music) , gestalt psychology , person centered therapy , psychoanalysis , pedagogy , aesthetics , philosophy , neuroscience , political science , law , perception
. This paper attempts to outline the identity of the humanistic approach to psychotherapy. It does this by laying out certain characteristic themes of humanistic psychology as background, and then going on to discuss the person‐centred approach, psychodrama and Gestalt therapy, experiential psychotherapy, body work, catharsis, the transpersonal, integration and training and development. It ends by stating the boundaries with neighbouring disciplines.