Developing the Foundations for a Learning-Based Humanistic Therapy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6436121 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Renger (0000-0001-5805-785X, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK, corresponding author), Ann Macaskill (0000-0001-9972-8699, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1039-1060 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00221678211007668 |
| OpenAlex | W3155785889 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
This study addressed the possibility of integrating learning theory into humanistic counseling. We consider that such an approach may enable client self-counseling either between sessions or after therapy has finished. Carl Rogers was a keen advocate of person-centered learning facilitation in the classroom and his principles of learning provide a natural start-point for a humanistic therapy based on learning theory. A variety of other learning processes also lend themselves to a learning based therapy such as establishing client learning goals based on self-efficacy, enabling the client to understand their own learning processes and blocks to learning, encouraging the client to access their own learning resources, and then enabling long-term learning. A case study was therefore designed to test some of these processes in a therapeutic setting. A White, British, middle-aged female was recruited for the case study. During the course of six sessions, the content of which was analyzed using thematic analysis, a selection of learning processes were applied to the humanistic therapeutic process. In summary, it was established that facilitated learning processes could provide a practically acceptable basis for humanistic counseling, and these processes are offered here as the foundation to a model of “therapeutic learning
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |