Humanistic Psychotherapy Or Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy
Brief approach to Humanistic Psychology and from here to the integrative movement until reaching the Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy (PHI) model.
We can define the humanistic psychology as the third fundamental branch of the general field of psychology along with the other two branches, psychoanalytic and behaviorist.
Try to human capabilities and potentials that are not taken into account system to ethics by the previous guidelines (which does not mean that they do not), such as e.g. creativity, love, self, growth, organism, basic need for gratification, self-actualization, higher values, being, becoming, spontaneity, play, humor, affection, ego transcendence, objectivity, autonomy, responsibility, psychological health and concepts related to them .
We can also approach its description, through the writings of authors such as: Fromm, Rogers, Maslow, Bühler, Horney…, to name some of the best known.
Principles of humanistic psychology
Get to know some of their beginning Regarding the conception of the human being, it will also be useful for its description:
Man is more than sum of its components
Its existence is always linked to relationships INTERhuman (from the moment of conception we are and develop in interaction with the “other”).
Man lives consciously.
The human being is in a situation of choose and decide This principle is fundamental, since, implying the previous one, it affirms that since the human being lives consciously then he can, through his decisions active vary your life situation and do not have to remain in the passive role of the spectator.
Live oriented towards a goal or goals values that form the basis of its identity, which differentiates it from other living beings.
Character singular and unrepeatable from each person.
Relevance that they give to the process of individuation or self-realization or growth staff which can occur in each and every person through the deployment of a creative attitude that would materialize in a peculiar style in the way of perceiving, thinking, getting excited, motivating, deciding, of a very personal, idiographic nature, faithful ace Yo same
Within the framework of humanistic psychology and the need to combine the riches of different systems of psychology and psychotherapy of those integrated within said humanistic movement, several models emerge, and among them the so-called Humanistic integrative psychotherapy (PHI) which “drinks” from Transactional Analysis, Guestaltic Psychotherapy, Existential Psychotherapy, Constructivist Psychotherapy, Body Psychotherapies, Experiential Psychotherapy (Focusing), Rogers Therapy, mainly.
His birth responds to the following reflection and, that is, There is no single approach that we can consider clYouniquely suitable for all problems, clients and situations and they are the integrative contributions those that will best adapt to the client’s peculiarities. As humanist Gordon Allport said: “If your only tool is a hammer, you will treat everyone like a nail.”
The PHI understands a person’s life as a process and operationalizes this vital process or vital flow by dividing it into a series of phases that we can summarize as a flow, from the presentation of a problem to its solution. Under this conception, psychopathological disorders are conceived as “blockages” or “dispersions” or “distortions” of the vital flow (or cycle of experience), which prevent the achievement of a healthy or creative personality and behavior. Furthermore, consider that:
The technique itself does nothing to the client, but is the one who will use it meaningfully in the context of good relationship either n therapy and utica
The importance and relevance given to therapeutic procedures based on symbols, especially non-verbal ones, that is, experiential jobs through dramatization, guided fantasy, body expression, …, .
To understand all of the above much better, we can refer to the words with which Ana Gimeno-Bay either n (which together with RAM either n Rosal is the creator of this model), refers synthetically to the therapy change and utico in PIH: “it would be the result of an adventure that happens in the middle of an interior jungle and is undertaken by two experts (the therapist, an expert in psychological changes, and the client, expert Yo same ) following the latter’s request for help. The client may be lost and need a gu Yo to to help you choose the right path, because the ones you take do not take you to the place you want (distortion). You may have fallen into a trap and cannot move (lock). Or he may come and go without meaning, wandering without moving forward (dispersion). Through a collaborative meeting (therapeutic relationship), Both are exploring and heading towards the place the client wants The therapist accompanies ñ to teaches maps, designs strategies, frees you from traps (mainly experiential work) and tells you places to dig into yourself to find the resources what you need to reach a good destination. If the process is successful, the client will be able to access the place they wanted, accompanied by the therapist, both enriched by this peculiar experience. meeting deep between two human beings, and you will have learned to know, understand and love your own jungle, and to travel through it without problem.
