humanistic approaches to counselling

Read the case study below and write an essay explaining how a counsellor might understand and work with this client from the perspective of one of the existential–humanistic approaches to counselling discussed in this unit (existential counselling, person-centred counselling or gestalt counselling).

Case study
Marion is a 45-year-old woman who comes to see you because she is “feeling down” and a friend recommended counselling. Marion describes herself as an “empty-nester” – she has three children, and the youngest has just left home to go to university in a different state. Her other two children are also living away from home, and Marion tells you that they are both married with busy jobs and lives, and so she does not see them as often as she would like.
For most of her life, Marion has been a “stay-at-home Mum” and has looked after her husband and children. Her husband, Tony, has his own business and works long hours and often on weekends. Marion has some close friends and has always been happy with her role in life, but now that her last child has left home, she says she has been feeling lonely and is struggling to find a new focus in life. She has looked into study and tried various other hobbies recommended by her friends, but has been unable to find something to keep her interest. She tells you that she has begun to question whether she really made the right choices in life. Her husband loves his work and some of her friends have always been working mothers, while Marion feels that she has never really achieved anything in life other than raising her children well. She now wants to do something for herself but does not know what.

Your case study should include: an overview of the principles and goals of the approach you have chosen an explanation of how Marion could be understood from the perspective of your chosen approach a description of how a counsellor might work with Marion using your chosen approach examples of questions or dialogue that might be involved in taking this approach an evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of taking this approach with Marion reference to relevant literature, linking your ideas to theory discussed in the unit
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