Which of the following beliefs or techniques are associated with person-centered/humanistic therapy? (Select all that apply.)
a. It stresses rethinking situations.
b. It focuses on the whole person.
c. It focuses on insights and finding the cause of problems.
d. It works in the present.
e. It is the basis of many nursing principles.
ANS: B, D, E
Person-centered therapy focuses on the whole person and works in the "present." It is not important in humanistic treatment to understand the cause of the problem or what happened in the person's past; what is important is the here-and-now. With this therapy, the patient learns to see himself or herself as a person who has value and who is respected by others. Nursing is very strongly centered in person-centered principles.
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