AO3 Humanistic

• The humanistic approach has practical application to therapy. Rogers’ client-centred therapy has had a major impact

  on counselling psychology, and how such therapies are used both in the USA and the UK. This therapy is particularly beneficial due to acknowledging that individuals do have free will and do have the ability to improve themselves, through focussing on developing solutions to the patient’s current problems.
• What is a limitation of Rogerian therapy?

  It is not suitable for treating serious mental disorders such as schizophrenia or depression
• Why might the humanistic approach be a culture bound explanation of behaviour?

  Maslow’s ideas of self-actualisation, the need to improve oneself, and congruence can be mostly viewed as attitudes typical of Western, individualist cultures where the needs of the individual are greater than the needs of the group. Therefore, due to this cultural bias, humanism may be more readily accepted by Western cultures who will identify more with these values