Thank you for that @horzymandias. I haven't had chance to read it all... I will have to when I have a quite time.
I agree the humanistic theory has either gaps of assumptions that are not of any good.
What I mostly dislike of this is how Freud and his work is disrespected by some of their statements and followers/believers.
Freud is the godfather of psychology and most of his work is all his, with no extension of others thoughts or theory. If Freud continued in his other fields of work (he was well deserved in many fields, law, zoology etc, we would not have all the many theories we do today.
I also agree with you that it is arrogant to express that subconsciousness has no effect on us. Also the humanistic theory gives hope to all clients... This is unhealthy unfortunately life does not work how the theory proposes at times. External and internal stimuli can and does stunt your growth no matter how much you work for it.. Whereas humanistic approach states we are our own making, we can be as successful as we make ourselves.. This Simply is not the case.
I wanted to ask, have you studied this out of curiosity or as a degree.
I studied it as a degree that came from my curiosity.. It is all interesting.
RE: OPINION #1: Where Humanistic Theory Falls Short