Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Humanistic Therapies

Alexander Street Video: 1:08:00
Carl Rogers works with an individual who has been stricken with leukemia on dealing with his feelings of hurt and anger.

Alexander Street Video: 26:00
In this episode, Carl Rogers reflects on his work in encounter groups. He explains the purpose of reflecting a client’s feelings, discusses the issue of experiencing and expressing anger, and considers the function of insight in his counseling model.

Alexander Street Video: 59:00
Rogers demonstrated Client-Centered Therapy with a volunteer from the audience, Peter Ann, describes herself as suffering guilt and sadness after having putting off being a mother in order to pursue her career. After having miscarried twins, two years have passed and she has been unable to become pregnant. Rogers encourages her to access her own potential to experience herself more positively. Rogers and the volunteer discuss the outcome of the interview, each sharing their perspective on the experience. The demonstration is followed by interaction between the group, the client, and Rogers.

Alexander Street Video: 1:45:00
Counseling Theories in Action series presents four clinicians working with four different clients. The theories represented are Solution-Focused, Transpersonal, Existential, and Cognitive Behavioral.
Intervention Techniques for Existential:
• Life Journey Reflection
• Being Alone
• Finding Meaning
• What is Important in Life
• The Rearview Mirror

Alexander Street Video: 1:16:00
In the first part of the film, Dr. Frederick Perls discusses his development of Gestalt therapy. In the second part, Dr. Perls conducts a group therapy session utilizing the Gestalt approach.

Alexander Street Video: 27:00
Dr. Rogers uses client-centered counseling while Sylvia discusses her problems as a divorcee and single parent, and her fears about going to work full-time. Through use of freeze frames and voiceover commentary, Sylvia comments on her feelings at various points in the interview, and Dr. Rogers discusses his counseling techniques and the feelings Sylvia seems to be expressing.

Alexander Street Video: 31:00
Dr. Rogers uses client-centered counseling while Sylvia discusses her problems as a divorcee and single parent, and her fears about going to work full-time. Through use of freeze frames and voiceover commentary, Sylvia comments on her feelings at various points in the interview, and Dr. Rogers discusses his counseling techniques and the feelings Sylvia seems to be expressing.

Films on Demand: Series
This series provides background on psychologist Lee Greenberg and the core practices of Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT).

ProQuest Video: 6:39
When we imagine Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs, we visualize a pyramid. This is all wrong, says humanistic psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman... Kaufman rebuilt Maslow's hierarchy of needs, updating it for the 21st century with a solid scientific foundation. And a better metaphor for this is a sailboat.

Alexander Street Video: 45:00
These films are the second of a series – preceded by the famous “Gloria” films which have received international recognition. The series follows the same format as the earlier Three Approaches to Psychotherapy. Each film includes an introduction by the therapist describing his method of therapy, followed by an interview with the client Kathy, and finally a summation by the therapist of the interview... Dr. Rogers conducts the first therapy session with Kathy.

Alexander Street Video: 1:47:00
Counseling Theories in Action series presents four clinicians working with four different clients. The theories represented are Solution-Focused, Transpersonal, Existential, and Cognitive Behavioral.
Intervention Techniques for Solution-Focused:
• Present and Future Orientation
• Goal Setting/The Miracle Question
• Scaling
• Noticing Exceptions
• Do One Thing Different

(Cleveland Clinic) Existential therapy is a form of talk therapy that helps you understand how you fit into the world. You and a therapist will explore how your choices influence your future. You may choose this type of therapy if you experience anxiety, fear or addiction.

(National Library of Medicine) This activity reviews person-centered therapy and highlights the role of the interprofessional team in improving care for patients who undergo person-centered therapy.

(The Person Centred Association) We are an association of people committed to the person-centred experiential family of therapies and to the wider person-centred approach. Membership is open to everyone who has an interest in or a passion for person-centred experiential theory and practice and, although most members are therapists, we support and encourage our members who are nurses, teachers, managers ...

(International Society for Emotion Focused Therapy) Emotion Focused Therapy is an empirically-supported humanistic treatment that views emotions as centrally important in human functioning and therapeutic change.

(British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) Our member Susie Masterson explains what the existential approach is and how existential therapy can help

(Gestalt Centre) Gestalt is a highly positive and practical integrative therapeutic approach. Broadly, Gestalt practitioners help people to focus on their immediate thoughts, feelings and behaviour and to better understand the way they relate to others. This increased awareness can help people to find a new perspective, see the bigger picture and start to effect changes.

(BACP) Gestalt therapy is a type of humanistic and person-centred therapy that focuses on the immediate here and now and how that can be explored to help you. It looks at how your past affects and influences how you’re feeling in this moment rather than how you felt back then.

(BACP) Humanistic therapy, also known as the humanistic approach, is an umbrella term that covers several types of therapy, including person-centred therapy, Gestalt, existential therapy, solution-focused therapy and transactional analysis.

(BACP) Judy Stafford, a person-centred counsellor who works in BACP's communications and professional standards teams, explains the person-centred approach and what you can expect from your therapist.

(BACP) Our member Baljit Kamal explains what solution-focused brief therapy is and what to expect from it