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The humanistic-existential therapies postulate that psychological distress arises from feelings of loneliness, alienation and inability to find meaning and genuine fulfillment in life. Human beings are motivated by the desire for personal growth and self-actualisation and an invate need to grow emotionally. When these needs are curbed by society and family, human beings experience psychological distress. Healing occurs when the client is able to perceive the obstacles to self-actualisation in his/her life and is able to remove them. Self-actualisation is defined as an innate or inborn force that moves the person to become more complex, balanced and integrated self-actualisation requires free emotional expression. The family and society curb emotional expression which leads to destructive behaviour and negative emotions by thwarting the process of emotional intetgration. Therefore, the therapy creaes a permissive, non-judgmental and accepting atmosphere in which the client?s emotions can be freely expressed and the complexity, balance and integration could be achieved.
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