Positive approach

• P- another strength of the humanistic approach is that it is optimistic
• E- humanist Psychologists have been praised for bringing The person back into psychology and promoting a positive image of the human condition
• E- Freud saw human beings as prisoners of their past and claimed all of us existed somewhere between ‘common unhappiness and absolute despair‘. I’m contrast, humanistic psychologists see all people as basically good, free to work towards the achievement of their potential and in control of their lives
• L- this suggests that humanistic psychology offers a refreshing and optimistic alternative to other approaches