Abstract

BEZERRA, Márcia Elena Soares  and  BEZERRA, Edson do nascimento. Humanistic, existencial and phenomenological aspects in person centered approach. Rev. NUFEN [online]. 2012, vol.4, n.2, pp. 21-36. ISSN 2175-2591.

Person Centered Approach (PCA) is considered one of the theories identified as the Third Force in Psychology or Humanistic Psychology. There are some significant aspects that estabilsih a relationship between the thought of its founder, Carl Rogers, and some purposes of the humanistic psychology and the existencial philosophy. Even though Rogers's work has not been based on phenomenology, it is possible to realize on his writtings, trhough its several phases, the practice of an attitude like the phenomenological one. Therefore, to consider PCA as a humanistic, existencial and phenomenological take us to some connected issues: 1) What is understood as humanistic? 2) By consequence, what is being human in this theorical point of view? 3) How to think humanism on psychology? 4) What aspects from phenomenology and existencialism can estabilish relationship with theory and method of PCA? This article aims to contribute on the reflexion about possible relationships between these philosophical theories and Person Centered Approach, a very controversial theme at brazilian context even though there is theorical diversity and a lot of pionts of view about this approach currently.

Keywords : humanism; existencialism; phenomenology; person centered approach.

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