In today's lesson we tried out that idea, I taught a little about Freud, we thought a bit about the critique of therapy (and mass entertainment) as enabling us to continue to be "productive" despite swelling feelings of meaningless, emptiness, and/or rage, we experienced co-counseling, and discussed the general lack of listening and mutual understanding in our culture - and how professional counselors fit into that situation. Kind of a lot for one class but JB didn't think it was so hot.
For homework I asked you all to choose one of the following approaches to emotional health - read about it on Wikipedia or elsewhere, and then write a 3+ sentence reaction including a link to your source.
- Coaching
- Psychotherapy
- Co-Counseling
- Existential psychology
- Humanistic psychology
- Transpersonal psychology
- Cognitive-Based-Therapy (CBT)
- Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
