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... > social science subjects > counseling and psychotherapy > counseling programs > substance abuse treatment > treatment theories, research, techniques, strategies, and effectiveness > psychotherapy > humanistic therapy
social science subjects > counseling and psychotherapy > psychotherapy > humanistic therapy
... > social science subjects > psychology > applied psychology > clinical psychology > psychotherapy > humanistic therapy

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humanistic therapy  

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  • Humanistic approaches to counseling include a number of theoretical viewpoints. The dominant perspectives in this category are person-centered therapy and Gestalt therapy, which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s as alternatives to the prevailing approaches of the time, psychoanalysis and behaviorism. [Source: Encyclopedia of Counseling; Humanistic Approaches]

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