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An approach in practical psychology is a set of concepts and technologies used that make up a clearly stated, well-established and integral system. Signs that allow us to talk about the presence of a mature and independent approach are —
- own vision of human nature, laws of individual life and mechanisms of personality development.
- own philosophy of life
- own conceptual apparatus, and sometimes language
- their unique therapeutic, educational or developmental technologies.
The humanistic approach of Carl Rogers is both his own vision of human nature, and a certain philosophy of life, his own conceptual apparatus and his own unique technologies.
NLP by D. Grinder and R. Bandler is a different conceptual apparatus and its own language, a different philosophy, a different vision of human nature and completely different and also unique technologies.
It is extremely difficult to make a classification of approaches, currents and schools within practical psychology, since each specialist claims to be unique and often considers himself an exponent of not only an approach, but also a new trend in practical psychology.
Basic approaches in practical psychology
The main approaches in practical psychology can be identified by asking the following questions. The first question is: what determines who or what is responsible for external behavior? The second question is: on what does it depend or who is responsible for the inner in a person? Answer options: external circumstances, internal impulses and states, the person himself personally. Thus, nine main approaches in practical psychology can be distinguished. See →
The field of psychotherapy
The most famous approaches of the psychotherapeutic circle are Freudianism, Psychoanalysis, Humanistic approach, Transactional analysis, Transpersonal psychology, Gestalt therapy, Art therapy, Psychosynthesis, Intelligent way, Holodynamics, Relationship centers (Violet). Within these schools there are several dozens of various author’s schools.
Field of education and development
The most famous schools of the educational and developing circle (they study the norm and the possibilities to rise above the norm) — NLP, Synton approach, Socionics, Lifespring contain both a developing and psychotherapeutic principle.