humanistic and existential therapies

hu·man·is·tic and ex·is·ten·tial ther·a·pies

(hyūmă-nistik egzis-ten-shăl thāră-pēz)

Psychoanalytic theory that emphasizes understanding totality of human experience and focuses on patients, not symptoms.

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