Talk About the Soul

In modern-day psychology, there is a wide variety of technologies, therapies, and approaches that based on different theories of human development and behavior. When encountered with any form of mental issues--clinical, forensic, health, etc.--it's helpful to be armed with tools that professional therapists can use to engage patients, access their situations, and help them create goals that will produce positive outcomes. Each and every patient presents a different and unique set of challenges, thus therapists must be careful in choosing an approach that will meet the individual's needs. When presenting with various approaches, practitioners decide to set both client-centered and cognitive behavior therapy as the foundation of their work. Both of these methods are equally popular and widespread, but in terms of how they work and their effectiveness, they're quite different.

When confronted with patients dealing with strong mental issues that could potentially harm themselves or others, it is necessary that they follow through with client-centered therapy. Client-centered therapy, also refers to as person-centered sometimes, was first developed by Carl Rogers during the middle of the twentieth century. Its main focus, as suggested from the name, revolves around the clients themselves. This therapy is based on the idea that the clients are the ones that know the best way of dealing with their own problems. The therapists are to proceed with a nondirective approach in which direct intervention or advice is not offered, but instead shows congruency in a way that helps the clients focus on their inner beings to resolve their problems. It's crucial that the therapists keep an open mind and ears because it is during this time that the therapists have to be empathic of the clients' situation. By actively listening to the words of the clients during a consultation session, reflecting on and empathizing with the clients, the therapists provide the clients with sufficient positive feedbacks.

Client-centered therapy is unlike other theories in that it is not based on a stage of development or specific steps, but rather in a "going with the flow" style where the clients share away with anything they like, and from there the therapists listen and try to comprehend the situation. The patient is to go into a room with the therapist away from the others, sitting across one another eye-to-eye. Within the room, nothing is being played, nothing can be heard beyond the door, and there is complete isolation from the outside world. From there, the therapist would ask a simple question and the patient can take as long as need within the time limit of the therapy to answer the question. It can take days for the patient to finally speaks up, but as time passes by the patient will feel cornered like a rat with no escape hole and eventually words will spill. And when that happens, the therapist would silently sit there without any tools to equipment them actively listen to the patient venting, crying, yelling, screaming away with their problems. Once the session ends, a moment of silent takes place as the therapist end with a remark that leaves the patient reflecting on what was told. The session continues on like that every time until the patient has come to a decision of what they will do regarding their problems. This client-centered therapy is one of prolonged therapy that allows freedom to the patient to vent out their entire life by all means, without the direct help