Person-Centered vs Existentialism by Holly Barton https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn Comparing two theories en-us 2017-04-25 22:22:36 UTC 2025-10-02 03:36:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Tent.png Person-Centered barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168246866 2017-04-25 22:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168246866 Existentialism barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168246939 2017-04-25 22:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168246939 Carl Rogers barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168247306 (1902-1987) 
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."]]> 2017-04-25 22:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168247306 Natalie Rogers barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168247340 (1928-)
Developed the concept of creative connection and Person-Centered Art therapy where the client or group member is invited to look at their inner feelings through the uninterrupted sequence of movement, sound, visual art and journal writing. ]]> 2017-04-25 22:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168247340 How are they similar? barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248543 They are similar in the ways that they both see people as mostly trustworthy and that we all have a potential for understanding ourselves and resolving our own problems. We are all capable of growth and with a little guidance we can do it ourselves.

]]> 2017-04-25 22:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248543  How do they conflict with one another? barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248569 Person-Centered Therapy is motivated toward a natural tendency of growth and health, and believed it was this natural tendency where Existential therapy uses angst, that was a primary motivational factor in such growth.
Existentialism helps teach clients to reflect on life where Person-centered is self-directed even without the help of the therapist. ]]> 2017-04-25 22:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248569 How will you integrate them into your practice? barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248595 I will integrate them into my practice by making sure the client is aware that they are the expert of their own life. I think that there are many people that can benefit from either of these theories and will guide the client to making their own decisions and focusing on the here and now and what they can do right now rather than what has happened or what they want to happen.]]> 2017-04-25 22:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248595 What is missing from this theory? barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248684 Existential therapy is not for the counselors who need specific set of techniques and it  lacks systematic statement of psychotherapy practices. It uses techniques from other theories making research for the theory very difficult. There is also no evidence-based practice or manualized therapy for existential since it does pull from other techniques when being put into practice.

]]> 2017-04-25 22:53:14 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248684 What is missing from this theory? barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248686 There is no complete technique to this theory. There is more of a support system in Person-Centered rather than a challenging relationship. There is no manual or evidence-based practice for Person-Centered therapy. There is trouble in adding person-centered therapy to a diverse culture.]]> 2017-04-25 22:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248686 Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248744 Central figure in bringing existentialism over from Europe to the United States. He developed logotherapy, which is "therapy through meaning"]]> 2017-04-25 22:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248744 Rollo May (1909-1994) barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248754 His writings helped translate key concepts into psychotherapeutic practice. He believed that life should be concerned with the problems of being rather than with problem solving.

"One does not become fully human painlessly"]]> 2017-04-25 22:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248754 Irvin Yalom (1931-) barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248759 "Sooner or later you have to give up hope for a better past" ]]> 2017-04-25 22:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248759 Therapeutic Frame of Reference barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248881 Focuses on the here and now and allows the client to stop worrying about the past or future. ]]> 2017-04-25 22:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248881 Therapeutic Frame of Reference barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248889 Therapy is present-focused.  It does not look towards the past or future but rather looks at how the client is living and whether they are living their life authentically and being who they are or allowing the world to mold and shape them.]]> 2017-04-25 22:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248889 Role of the Therapist barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248901
  • Primarily concerned with understanding the subjective world of the clients to help them come to a new understandings and options
  • Concerned about clients avoiding responsibility
  • Restricted existence: clients have limited awareness of themselves & are often vague about the nature of their problems
  • Use techniques from diverse theoretical orientations
    • ]]>     2017-04-25 22:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248901     Role of the Therapist barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248903 It was a "non-directive" approach in that the role of the therapist was not to point them in the direction of a goal but rather to slightly guide them via a therapeutic relationship. The counselor holds a mirror to the client and allows them to self-reflect. This allows the client to steer the sessions and find their own solutions. ]]> 2017-04-25 22:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248903 Therapeutic Process & Techniques barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248924
  • Not technique-oriented
  • Effective existential therapists have experienced sufficient depth & openness in their own lives first, and have clear personal views of life & living
  • Both therapist and client are creative in client’s healing
  • Therapist helps clients learn to live with more skill & ease
  • Sensitivity to client as a powerful and creative being
  • Therapeutic relationship is important; therapist strives to understand the client’s subjective world
  • Healing comes with good quality therapeutic relationship
    • ]]>     2017-04-25 22:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248924     Therapeutic Process & Techniques barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248972
  • Assist clients in achieving a greater degree of independence
  • Provide a relationship that is helping the client strive toward self-actualization
  • Socialization is a key component as they learn to relate to the world
  • Clients have the capacity to define and clarify their own goals
  • Those who are striving for self-actualization are:
  • Open to experiences
  • Trust in themselves
  • Possess an internal source of evaluation
  • Willing to continue growing
    • ]]>     2017-04-25 22:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168248972     Major Premise barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168249057 clients are the expert in their own lives and have the ability find their own solutions - rather than the counselor finding a diagnosis for the client. It's a humanistic approach.  This allows the client to become more sel-aware and find the answers themselves. ]]> 2017-04-25 22:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168249057 Major Premise barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168249064 Clients are free to choose their lives and are responsible for their choices and how they choose to live their life. They are responsible on whether or not to find new values and meanings that make them who they are and not what the world sees.

    ]]>     2017-04-25 22:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168249064     View of Pathology/ Mental Health barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168249142 It may not all have to do with mental illness but rather how we react and respond to the situation that is presented to us. There are more to issues than just the illness of the issue but rather how we live our lives. ]]> 2017-04-25 22:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168249142 View of Pathology/ Mental Health barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168249150 This focuses on the person rather than the diagnosis. Viewing the illness as a part of the person and not who the person is. Person-Centered uses technqies to grow the person and less focused on illness control. ]]> 2017-04-25 22:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168249150 Therapeutic Objectives barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168249239
  • To help clients become present to both themselves & others
  • Assist clients in identifying ways they block themselves from fuller presence. 
  • Challenge clients to assume responsibility for designing their present lives
  • Encourage clients to choose more expanded ways of being in their daily lives
    • ]]>     2017-04-25 23:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168249239     Therapeutic Objectives barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168249244
  • An increase in self-awareness
  • Improved ability to use self-direction to make desired changes
  • Increased clarity
  • Improved self-esteem
  • Greater reliance on self
    • ]]>     2017-04-25 23:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/168249244     References barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169583309 Corey, G.  (2009).  Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy.  Boston, MA:  Cengage   Learning.

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    ]]>     2017-05-03 03:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169583309     Central Tenets barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169583483 Six Propositions of Existentialism:

    1. The capacity for Self-Awareness: 
    - The more awareness there is that leads to more freedom but when there is more freedom there is more responsibility.

    2. Freedom and Responsibility: 
    - We choose our own path
    - Existential guilt: We aren't what we could be which can be a motivator for change in our lives

    3. Striving for Identity & Relationship to Others:
    - Be yourself
    - Aloneness is a good thing
    - Relatedness is to find good relationships, authentic relationships
    - Rather than doing experience the being

    4. The Search for Meaning:  
    - discover your own values and meaning for life
    - Meaning can be found even in the negative and also can be easily overlooked if we search for it

    5. Anxiety as a Condition of Living: 
    - Existential Anxiety: unavoidable result of being confronted with the "givens of existence"
    - Normal anxiety: an appropriate response to an event being faced
    - Neurotic anxiety: can be paralyzing and immobilize the person

    6. Awareness of Death & Nonbeing:
    - Being aware of death can add meaning to life
     - Accepting death as it happens to everyone could bring desire to live life to the fullest.]]>     2017-05-03 03:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169583483     Central Tenets barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169584867
  • Genuine empathy – This refers to the counselor’s ability to see and understand things from the client’s perspective.

    • Unconditional positive regard – Counselor must maintain a positive and non-judgmental view of their clients.

    • Congruence – This involves the counselor’s ability to be genuine, honest, and authentic with clients.
    ]]>     2017-05-03 03:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169584867     barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169585591 2017-05-03 04:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169585591 barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169585795 2017-05-03 04:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169585795 barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169586215 2017-05-03 04:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169586215 barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169669686 2017-05-03 13:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169669686 barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169685065 2017-05-03 14:15:55 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169685065 Other contributors barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169691455 " He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how" - Friedrich Nietzsche

    "Man is nothing else than what he makes of himself" - Jean-Paul Sartre

    "Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be lived." - Soren Kierkegaard

    "Everyone is the other and no one is himself" Martin Heideggar

    ]]>     2017-05-03 14:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169691455     barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169695943 Martin Heideggar]]> 2017-05-03 14:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169695943 barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169696419 Friedrich Nietzsche]]> 2017-05-03 14:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169696419 barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169696986 Jean- Paul Sartre]]> 2017-05-03 14:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169696986 barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169697379 Soren Kierkegaard]]> 2017-05-03 14:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169697379 barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169773138 2017-05-03 18:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169773138 barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169774879 2017-05-03 19:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169774879 barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169780077 2017-05-03 19:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169780077 barton_holly_k https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169780955 2017-05-03 19:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/169780955 https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/230387894 2018-02-11 17:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/barton_holly_k/3yqyjsfskesn/wish/230387894