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Introduction to Counselling Theory

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Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills Unit 2: An Introduction to Counselling Theory 1. The historical development and basic philosophy of the main therapeutic model used by the centre - Person Centred Counselling It is important to note at the start that although the educational path being studied at the centre relates specifically to the practice of Counselling, the therapeutic model (Humanistic) is not restricted to the practice of counselling but also crosses into the core theoretical orientations of psychotherapy and systemic psychotherapy. It is a mute point to observe that counselling necessarily touches on all three of these. At its core the humanistic approach has its roots in the belief that human beings are in control of their own lives and its meaning (e.g., Nietzsche and Sartre). The Humanistic approach can also be understood within the concept of three different forces of psychology; behaviourism, psychoanalysis and humanism. Behaviorism is familiar to the centre's...

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