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Dear Omar,

Not sure if you remember me, but I have responded to your diary a few times. I used to live in Dubai, but am now back in Australia.

I have read a little about the humanistic approach and it makes sense in my eyes. Re cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) - yes - I think it is excellent. Takes effort and commitment, but is really worth the effort and does get easier with practice - so that using it actually becomes a habit - and it can change your life. It did mine.

Sending you love and strength. I hope that the heat in Dubai at the moment is not getting you down, and thinking of you over there.

Love Kimberly
xoxo

Written by newlife, 22. Jul 2008 02:55 AM

The humanistic approach seems to me to be the best. While I am quite certain that psychology/psychiatry is total rubbish it seems that people get stronger when they have something to wholeheartedly believe in and so believing in the therapeutic value of a particular psychological treatment, or the integrity and sincerity of a therapist, can benefit someone, just as religious faith, or belief in whatever, helps others. Personally, after 20 years of dealing with psychologists/shrinks, studying it at uni for a time, and only getting steadily worse, I am convinced it's all bollocks. That's only a personal opinion. We are all free, of course, to choose what we believe.

Written by Deleted_User, 22. Jul 2008 01:41 PM

Omar

Humanistic approach just means you are treated as a whole person... that it is not behaviourist

behaviourist means you practise a behaviour over a period of time and do not look at the motivation behind the behaviour...

cognitive behaviour therapy is humanist incorporates some of the behaviourist but also looks at the motivation behind a specific behaviour...

I think that is the definition...

take care

rgds
cate

Written by cateblack, 22. Jul 2008 05:53 PM

Hi Omar
Paslow's heirachy of needs is the fundemental design in the 'humanistic' perspective in Psychology. Something like when expectations do not match up with current situations eg. (visions of wealth when your a garbage collector). This conflict creats stress which can cause depression.
I'm studying for a degree in Psychology at Uni.
Cheers geo

Written by geo, 2. Aug 2008 04:27 AM