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Humanistic therapy, often intertwined with Person-Centred counselling & the work of American psychologists Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow, was deemed the ‘3rd way’ and emerged in the 1950s & popularised in the 70s and 80s. It presented a differing approach to the main psychological schools at the time: Psychoanalysis (the 1st way) and Behavioural (the 2nd way).
It offered 3 key things:
1) A new set of principles or ideas from which to view the human condition
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Two thoughts to start here: why are we choosing to differentiate issues by sex? and secondly of course, what are some of the Men’s issues we are talking about.
Deafferentation by target groups can be useful in psychology research & therapy, it means the discussion stays more relevant & focused, but more importantly it can give us greater clarity & understanding of some of the common psychological issues the group (adult men) maybe encountering.
Read more: What are Men’s Issues in counselling and psychotherapy?
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This could be an article on the pros and cons of asking a chat bot or AI to discuss what is troubling you? but let’s stop it there and change track…
What is it the most meaningful part of our human experience? You would be forgiven for saying the beauty of the natural world but, setting that aside, I would say it is the experience of connecting with another human being: family member, friend or loved one.