Existential Therapy
He founded logotherapy and wrote Man’s Search for Meaning.
Who is Viktor Frankl?
This concept highlights overlapping identities like race, gender, and class.
What is intersectionality?
This therapy focuses on patterns passed down through generations.
What is multi-generational family therapy?
He is considered the father of humanistic therapy.
Who is Carl Rogers?
Social justice counseling emphasizes addressing problems rooted in this.
What are systemic inequalities?
Existential therapy views humans as beings who constantly face this ultimate reality.
What is death?
Multicultural therapy emerged in response to limitations of these traditional approaches.
What are existential/humanistic therapies?
Family systems theory emphasizes identifying these unhealthy patterns.
What are generational patterns?
Humanistic therapy emphasizes this type of regard for clients.
What is unconditional positive regard?
The historical context of social justice counseling is tied to this movement.
What is advocacy for marginalized groups?
One therapeutic goal is helping clients find this in their suffering.
What is meaning?
The therapist’s role includes recognizing this in the client’s lived experience.
What is cultural context?
The therapist’s role is to help families restructure these.
What are relationships or communication patterns?
The client’s experience in therapy is centered on this process.
What is self-actualization?
The locus of client problems is often seen as external rather than this.
What is internal?
The therapist’s role is not to give answers but to help clients confront this.
What is the human condition?
Mechanisms of change often involve increasing this awareness in clients.
What is cultural identity awareness?
Mechanisms of change often involve shifting this within the family unit.
What is interaction or dynamics?
The therapist’s function is to provide this kind of environment.
What is a supportive, empathetic environment?
Mechanisms of change include empowering clients to challenge these.
What are oppressive systems?
Name one basic dimension of the human condition explored in existential therapy.
What is freedom, isolation, meaninglessness, or death?
Historical context: Multicultural therapy grew alongside this social movement.
What is the civil rights movement?
Systems theory arose partly due to limitations in these approaches.
What are existential/humanistic therapies?
One key humanistic idea is that people are inherently this.
What is good or growth-oriented?
Skills/tools include advocacy, community engagement, and this type of awareness.
What is cultural competence?