Approaches to Therapy

I have learned various types of counseling models that would be beneficial for the clientele I would like to work with in my profession. I would like to incorporate person centered approach and psychoanalytic approach in my profession because I have the characteristics required of a person centered therapist and I find the psychoanalytic approach interesting for clients. I want to work with a diverse population of clients with issues from anxiety to paranoid schizophrenia. The person centered approach the client is guided through their problems where he/she will begin to notice the changes that need to occur in their lives. On the other hand, psychoanalytic approach, the therapist must engage in to help the client solve their issues at hand whether is from not accomplishing a developmental stage in their life to problems that were never dealt with.

However, these approaches are very different in every aspect. In this paper, I will discuss those differences, how it will be incorporated and challenging the diversity. I will elaborate on my personal beliefs about each one and will use resources from class and scholarly journals to express my decisions.

Person centered theory has received enormous amount of research to help therapist treat their clients accurately and accordingly. Psychoanalytic theory needs research on clarifying which technique will benefit the client properly; Freud, Jung, or Erickson’s psychoanalytic approaches. ‘Research has shown that counselor’s values influence values influence all aspects of the therapeutic process, including assessment strategies, therapy goals, identifying what client problems will be the focus of treatment, choice of techniques, and evaluation of therapeutic outcome’ (Corey, 200...

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...ies are very different from one another. At least in the person centered theory, there is only one founder of the theory and nobody else has contradicted Carl Rodgers hypothesis or developed a different technique from him.

However, the analytical theory is quite different because it was developed by Freud from his six stages of development. Since then other people have challenged Freud’s hypothesis and stated differently from him. There are various types of analytical approach from people such as Jung and Adler. I am not saying one is better than another but they complement one another and take different tactics in a new point of view.

I would like to see the Analytical approach become more diverse where nothing has to be modified for the client and more researched conduced on both approaches for the benefit of the clients and the future of psychotherapy.