THERAPIES

COMPARING HUMANISTIC-EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH OTHER APPROACHES

Understanding the strengths of each type of therapy and which type of therapy is most appropriate for each patient is an essential skill of the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner. In this Assignment, you will compare humanistic-existential therapy to another psychotherapeutic approach. You will identify the strengths and challenges of each approach and describe expected potential outcomes.

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

WEEKLY RESOURCES

To prepare:

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Review the humanistic-existential psychotherapy videos in this week’s Learning Resources.

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Reflect on humanistic-existential psychotherapeutic approaches.

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Then, select another psychotherapeutic approach to compare with humanistic-existential psychotherapy. The approach you choose may be one you previously explored in the course or one you are familiar with and especially interested in. 

THE ASSIGNMENT

In a 2- to 3-page paper, address the following:

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Briefly describe humanistic-existential psychotherapy and the second approach
( for the second psychotherapy you can use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) you selected. 

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Explain at least three differences between these therapies. Include how these differences might impact your practice as a PMHNP.

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Focusing on one video you viewed, explain why humanistic-existential psychotherapy was utilized with the patient in the video and why it was the treatment of choice. Describe the expected potential outcome if the second approach had been used with the patient. 

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Support your response with specific examples from this week’s media and at least three peer-reviewed, evidence-based sources. Explain why each of your supporting sources is considered scholarly. Attach the PDFs of your sources.

VIDEOA YOU CAN USE

· Grande, T.  (2019, January 9). 


Theories of counseling – Existential therapy

 Links to an external site.
[Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvAvc2aWup0

· PsychotherapyNet. (2009, June 29). 


James Bugental live case consultation psychotherapy video

 Links to an external site.
[Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl8tVTjdocI

· ThinkingallowedTV. (2010, September 20). 


James Bugental: Humanistic psychotherapy (excerpt) – A thinking allowed DVD w/ Jeffrey Mishlove

 Links to an external site.
[Video]. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjDNKGIvWPQ

OPTIONAL VIDEO

Optional Resources

· Biophily2. (2016, October 4). 

Abraham Maslow, Rollo May, Carl Rogers – Existential psychology II (1962)
 Links to an external site.
[Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTTqKNI7wDo

· Bugental, J. (2008). 
Existential-humanistic psychotherapy
 Links to an external site.
 [Video].  https://waldenu.kanopy.com/video/existential-humanistic-psychotherapy

FOR COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY YOU CAN USE THIS RESOURCES

· Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy. (2018, June 7). 


CBT for couples

 Links to an external site.
[Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZH196rOGsc

· MedCircle. (2019, December 13). 


What a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) session looks like

 Links to an external site.
[Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-2WQF3SWwo

· PsychExamReview. (2019, April 30). 


Cognitive therapy, CBT, & group approaches (intro psych tutorial #241)

 Links to an external site.
[Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2_NN1Q7Rfg