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Unconditional Positive Regard and #Ecopsychology - #ecotherapy #humanisticpsychology #psychology #therapy #therapist

“The central hypothesis of this approach can be briefly stated. It is that the individual has within him or her self vast resources for self-understanding, for altering her or his self-concept, attitudes, and self-directed behavior—and that these resources can be tapped if only a definable climate of facilitative psychological attitudes can be provided,” –Carl Rogers, on unconditional positive…

Vandaag is het de verjaardag van Carl Rogers. Carl Rogers is 115 jaar geleden geboren op deze dag, 8 januari, in 1902. Hij is gestorven in 1987. Rogers was een Amerikaanse Psycholoog en Therapeut. Hij is de “vader” van cliëntgerichte therapie. De basis van de cliëntgerichte therapie was “zelfbeschikking en empathie“. Het was een humanistische stroming, heel anders dan op dat moment de heersende…

Client-Centered Directiveness: An Oxymoron That Works – Part One

Just How Directive Do We Need To Be?

At its very foundation, coaching is client-centered. The work of Carl Rogers profoundly influenced the founders of the life coaching profession. Yet, among the thousands of health and wellness coaches we have trained at Real Balance (http://www.realbalance.com), the question of how directive or non-directive to be remains an area of unsureness and anxiety.

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This was this week's learning objective.

It did not sound like anything occupational therapy-ish and definitely had me underestimating its impact on my learning. THERE WAS SO MUCH TO LEARN ABOUT THE ICF><

Nonetheless, I'm really liking the learning that we're going through at my school - getting us to think about learning objectives, and then coming back together to share our findings. The generation of new questions or doubts would undoubtedly emerge and this type of learning is much more engaging as compared with the traditional mode of teaching.

The ICF seems to be moving in the direction of becoming practice based, with its recent development of assessment tools, core sets and also documentation tool. What is the WHO's real objective on developing these tools - really?

None can deny that the activities and participation factor/qualifiers is not comprehensive enough to encompass the subjective components to participation, and the person's ability to make decisions about which occupations to engage in. This is the direction that we should be advancing towards - to delivering occupation-based intervention and treatments. And ultimately leading to clients being satisfied with therapy outcomes and resulting in eudaimonic well-being. Really hoping for occupational therapists to have a larger say in the next revision of the ICF. 

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What is social work? That is a complex question. The answer is as rich as the history of social work itself. The answer is dependent upon an array of factors including perceptions, society, and research. The best answer I can give you is how I define social work.  Social work, I feel, is in...