Partners In Training Case Study

Freudian beliefs hold the view that human personality and behaviour is driven by hidden forces (the unconscious part of human personality), and that our experiences as children, often traumatic, lead us to exhibit certain behaviours and develop particular emotions and thinking patterns. In the case study I have chosen (Partners in Training, 2015) Renne was experiencing difficult or challenging behavioural and personality issues. Her feelings of abandonment due to childhood experiences, has led her to having difficulties in, and lacking the ability to, form relationships and trust others. This case study confirms that Freud’s beliefs are true, that childhood experiences have a significant influence on behaviours as adults.

Behaviourists hold

Humanistic approaches include; the belief all humans have a basic need or drive to find the meaning of life, the importance of self-concept and having the ability to view one’s own uniqueness, image and value, that as people, we can achieve our full potential (self-actualisation) by changing our perceptions and removing the internal barriers within ourselves that may keep us from achievement. In the Case study I have chosen (Partners in Training, 2015), Selim, a refugee from Sri Lanka, has been involved in several traumatic experience; separated from her parents (whom later died without reconnection) when she was 8, raped by government soldier when she was 14 and became pregnant, gave her child away, escaped to India on a boat at age 18, placed in a refugee camp for 3 years, and was assigned a male husband which encouraged her fear of rape. Selim was eventually granted a placement in Australia after being declared a refugee. During her time in Australia she has struggled with her emotional pain and memories of her past experiences. Selim involved herself with extensive adjustment counselling, during which she became familiar with the story of Viktor Frankl, whom she can relate to closely. This part of counselling encouraged her to explore within herself, her meaning for life. She eventually involves herself in training, gains administration skills, and begins to volunteer at a local migrant centre. This encouraged discussions to arise in counselling, surrounding Selim’s potential and her evident abilities to relate closely to other female refugees in the migrant centre. Selim was able to follow her own feelings through Maslow’s Hierarch of Needs levels, and through this, was able to place a value on her life and her contribution to society and could see herself helping others in the future. This case study is a great example of how humanistic