Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy

Measuring Ego Development for Counseling Practice: Implementing Developmental Eclecticism

“…Like other developmental counselors (hey, 1986;Young-Eisendrath, 1988), we found that using Gestalt Counseling techniques that encouraged clients to express their thoughts and feelings in vivid terms (Corey, 1991) was very useful with clients whose WUSCT score was at the Conscientious Stage. In addition, clients scoring at the Autonomous Stage of Loevinger's paradigm seemed to be the most receptive to an Existential Counseling approach that involved fostering discussions related to their ability to cope with inner conflict (Bugental, 1986).…”

O terapeuta na psicoterapia de grupo

“…Ao estudar o terapeuta na psicoterapia, convém, logo de início, salientar que o cliente é o sujeito principal do encontro terapêutico (5)(6) . Este conceito originou-se com os trabalhos de Otto Rank (7)(8) , no início do século passado.…”

Cultivating Psychotherapist Artistry: A Model Existential-Humanistic Training Program

“…Reflecting Bugental's ongoing scholarship and more than 40 years of clinical practice, the Arts courses incorporated and enhanced values, beliefs, and practices from the rich traditions of existential and humanistic psychologies (Bugental & Kleiner, 1993;Bugental & Sterling, 1995;Sharp & Bugental, 2001). The emphasis of the Arts courses was on illuminating the subjective experience and attitude of each participant's evolving self-and-world construct system (i.e., his or her "implicit vision of [his or her] own identity and the character of [his or her] envisioned world") rather than on prescribing a rigid set of techniques (Bugental, 1999, p. 109).…”