Author Question: What is the existential/humanistic view of diagnosis and assessment? a. Training in assessment is ... (Read 63 times)

lunatika · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

What is the existential/humanistic view of diagnosis and assessment?

a. Training in assessment is an important part of a humanistic/existential curriculum so that practitioners can administer and interpret psychological tests.
b. Diagnosis using the DSM-IV is usually dismissed by existential/humanistic psychologists as a waste of time, except as useful for research purposes.
c. Existential/humanistic psychotherapists usually diagnose, analyze the problem, carefully interpret and explain the results to the client, and re-educate the client according to the findings.
d. The existential stance involves looking at a client as a person who has a disorder to be detached or repaired.
e. Classification of clients into categories helps the existential/humanistic psychotherapist use proven treatment approaches.

Question 2

What type of model is humanistic therapy?

a. psychoanalytic
b. behavioral
c. medical
d. neo-Freudian
e. growth