We must identify a cause before we can pinpoint a solution.
Humanists give two basic responses.
Peoples' problems are illnesses that can be cured by the right medicine or therapy. The behaviorist model has also gained popularity in recent years. These models have some practical usefulness, but they both share two fundamental problems. For one thing, whether we speak of diseases or dysfunctions, we are trying to analyze personal problems by impersonal models. In the second place, both of these diagnoses tend to play down human responsibility.