The Humanistic Approach

• The humanistic approach looks at free will, which is that humans choose how to behave.
• Self-Actualization Needs


  Needs related to personal growth, creativity, and realizing one's potential. Deficiency leads to feelings of stagnation and unlived life.
• Esteem Needs


  Needs related to self-esteem, recognition, achievement, and respect from others. Deficiency leads to low self-esteem and feelings of inadequacy.
• Love and Belonging Needs


  Needs related to social connections, friendship, love, and a sense of belonging. Deficiency leads to feelings of isolation and loneliness.
• Safety Needs


  Needs related to security, stability, and protection from physical and emotional harm. Deficiency leads to anxiety and fear.
• Physiological Needs


  Basic needs necessary for human survival, such as food, water, air, sleep, and shelter. Deficiency leads to diseases and impairments.
• What is self-actualisation?

  Is the concept that humans strive to fulfil their potential. A person who has fulfilled their potential and is their ideal self is said to have achieved self-actualisation.
• What are conditions of worth?

  Conditions of worth are the conditions or criteria that individuals believe they must meet in order to be valued or loved by others.
• What is unconditional positive regard?


  When a person receives love and support no natter how they behave.
• Criticisms of Maslow’s theory

  • it is subjective in nature
  • Inability to account for phenomena that happen in the real world
• Carl Rogers believed that a therapist needed to display three features to maximise the effectiveness client centred therapy.

  • Unconditional positive regard
  • Genuineness
  • Empathy
• Gibbard and Hanley - Person-Centered Therapy

  Procedure: Core Outcome Measure was administered at referral and at the beginning and end of therapy.

  Results: Pre-post therapy effect size for 697 individuals for over a 5 year period was 1.2

  Conclusion: Indicates that person-centred therapy is effective for common mental health issues such as anxiety and depression.