Practical Ways for Mental Health Professionals to Use Existential and Person-Centered Therapy for Client Wellness

Educational Factsheet: Practical ways in which counsellors can use existential therapy and person-centred
therapy to help develop client’s wellness among mental health practitioner.
Practical ways in which counsellors can use existential therapy and
person-centered therapy to help develop client’s wellness among
mental health professionals
• The use of existential therapy and person centered therapy play vital role in development of
client wellness. In this, they focus on the client complication and applied the therapy in such a
way which help to provide solution and focus on developing of resilience and wellbeing.
• The selected target audience for this report is mental health professionals. Therefore, a mental
health professional is a healthcare practitioner for a social and human services provider who
usually offers a wide range of services in order to improve the individual’s mental health or
treat the mental disorders of the individual of person was suffering from a prolonged period
(Moreira & Garcia, 2019).
• Moreover, the mental health professionals are usually working in a mental health acute ward
that serves several people or a patient who is dealing with different kinds of mental disorders
such as Alzheimer's, bipolar disorder, and so on.
• It is vital in helping the client when they feel friendly then it is better able for the therapist to
understand their feeling. The approach of person-centered therapy is helping the client to
reconnect with their inner values and analyze their self-value. Hence, it enables them to find
their way to move forward in their life and make progress towards success (The Person
Centered Approach to Counselling, 2021).
• In addition, the core purpose of the person-centered theory is to provide the ability of self-
actualization among the client and generate the belief that helps the client to grow and fulfill
their potential (Wharne, 2021).
• This approach usually formulates the personal growth and relationship of a client by allowing
them to explore and utilize their strength and personal identity. The counselor provides proper
support and care to the client and provides the right path to start their journey with proper
health and wellbeing.
• Existential therapy and person-centered therapy create the client to wellness among the mental
health professionals (What Is Client-Centred Therapy? 2021). In addition, it is well known that
mental health professionals are usually working for a longer period with mental health patients.
• In addition, they feel stressed and sometimes get frustrated with their work. Moreover, they
require proper counseling from time to time. In this, existential therapy and person-centered
therapy are usually used in order to develop wellness and wellbeing.
• Existential therapy taking the consideration in order to help the patient embrace their choices
and their plans and it was the possibilities not with past. The therapist or the counselor uses
existential therapy while believing in the past that can be instructed. However, it is not mean
that they inform anything currently do or want from life.
• In addition, existential psychotherapy is a style of therapy that usually place on the human
situation as a whole it is generally used to create a positive approach that followed human
abilities and inspiration while acknowledging their limitation. While taking the context of
existential therapy, the counselor is mainly focused on the anxiety or stress that can occur when
a client confronts the conflict that arises and regularly faces in their life.
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Conclusion
• As per discussion, it is well analyzed that the counselors are generally used various therapies to
develop the client's well-being.
• In addition, existential therapy and person-centered therapy are usually provided to the client as
psychotherapy that is applicable and reliable to develop well-being. In this, the ethics and
relationship between client and counselor are important to know the complexities that a client
face for a longer period.
• In addition, both therapies are validated and reliable to generate and develop proper well-being.
• In this, the counselor usually uses the personal aspect of the client and evaluates the
responsibility that forces them to make their decision in which the therapist may integrate some
humanistic approach and technique in a practical way that produces good health and vibes
among the target audience that is mental health professionals (Shumaker & Kelsey, 2020).
• While conducting such types of therapies that include existential therapy and person-centered
therapy to help in developing the client wellness.
• The therapeutic relationship is essential and useful within the therapy that supports the client to
formulate the right path for their will being. In the same way, person-centered therapy is also
used by counselors to provide services to the target audience (What is the Existential
Approach? 2020).
• The person-centered therapy is also known as client-centered counseling which is also based on
the human humanistic approach that deals with the various pathway to provide support while
analyzing the individual perception and behavior towards the thing, rather than how the
counselor can interpret their unconscious thoughts or ideas (Sielaff, Horner, & Greenberg,
2022).
• In this, the therapist or the counselor used this approach to understand the individual experience
from their perception (Unit – 2: Existential Therapy and Person-Centered Therapy, 2021). The
therapist shows their positive attitude and attributes towards the client as a person in all the
aspects of their humanity. While making a good relationship with the client as a friend helps the
client to share their thoughts and make proper communication.
• Moreover, the ethics of the client-counselor relationship is also playing a vital role in which
autonomy and maleficence are important that act as the principle which is followed by the
counselor while interacting with the client (Ziaee, Nejat, Amarghan & Fariborzi, 2022).
• In addition, while initiating such therapy the bond or the relationship between client and
counselor is helpful that provides the strength to explore and know the consequences of a client
for prolonging the period that affects wellbeing
Ethics of the client-counsellor relationship
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