EXPLORE THE CONCEPTS OF CONGRUENCE, EMPATHY, UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD (UPR) AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP AND PROCESS

Explore the concepts of congruence, empathy, unconditional positive regard (UPR) and their effects on therapeutic relationship and process



Explore the concepts of congruence, empathy, unconditional positive regard (UPR) and their effects on therapeutic relationship and process

Introduction

Psychotherapy is a general term that describes psychological treatments designed to help people resolve problems and improve the quality of their lives. Psychotherapy involves a person talking to a therapist psychological professional about the person's behavioural, emotional, and interpersonal problems.

The manic-depressive illness became known as functional psychiatric illness in the early twentieth century. After discovering the biological causes of mental illnesses such as cretinism (mental retardation due to thyroid deficiency) psychiatric disorders were divided into two categories: organic and functional. Physical illness was psychiatric illness "real" caused by germs or abnormal hormone levels, or anything else that could be seen under the microscope or measured in a blood test. In functional diseases, on the other hand, it was assumed that there was nothing wrong with the functioning of the brain in a physical sense. Patients with manic-depressive illness or schizophrenia had some sort of abnormal reaction to the events of life.

Discussion

Integrative Counseling

Today nobody would think to recommend support or therapy as the only treatment for bipolar disorder, as this will be a bad practice of medicine. But as we have highly effective drugs for this disease, some doctors and perhaps many more patients turn their backs to the support and therapy and face the disease as a problem "chemical" pure solution has a purely "chemistry." This is a mistake, for several reasons.

First: The diagnosis of bipolar disorder is inevitably a traumatic event, not only for patients but also for family members. Vaguely familiar terms, manic depression and mental illness more familiar as conjure all sorts of ideas and mixed feelings. "Why I had that happen to me?" (Or maybe "I can this be happening to me!") And "My life will never be the same" and "Whose fault is it?" Are just some of the thoughts and concerns begun to flit through the mind of those affected by this diagnosis. Recall that the therapy described as "providing good information, strong motivation and objective feedback in a confidential support." It is obvious that this kind of psychological treatment is necessary and helpful. Research suggests that the first year after diagnosis of bipolar disorder is a crucial time for people with the disorder and education, support and motivation that provides psychotherapy is very important to succeed in the long-term treatment. (McCullough, 2000)

Then came the question: why do some people have these abnormal reactions while others do not? It was at this point that the attempt to understand and treat these diseases away from medicine to psychology. Sigmund Freud spent his life trying and trying to understand patients who were unhappy in their relationships, themselves disappointed by the decisions they had taken, perhaps confused and anxious about the decisions they had to ...