Question

Mary goes to a therapist for treatment of her test anxiety. the therapist helps mary find her own explanation of her anxiety and focuses on how various events in her life, such as her test anxiety, have kept her from becoming self-actualized. mary's therapist's approach to treatment is most likely to have been influenced by the theories of ______.

Answer 1

The answer is Humanism.

Humanistic psychology is a psychological perspective that emphasizes the study of the whole person. It looks at the whole individual and stresses concepts such as free will, self-efficacy, and self-actualization.