Transference and counter transference are seen as aspects of communication and are handled as such, rather than as the mainstay of the relationship. Therapy is a two-way process of relationship. Confrontation shows the client the maladaptive attitudes, beliefs etc. Therapy with the adult enables regressive issues to be contradicted in the present. One aim of therapy is uncovering and re-educating the real self.
Emphasis is on experiential learning, humans learn from experience.
Congruence is sought in thought and action. A non-judgmental and inclusive attitude is adopted. Trust is adopted. People are assumed to be good rather than bad. Humanistic Approaches in Relation to Other Modalities Humanistic psychology developed in the USA within the academic psychology establishment as a reaction to the behavioural and analytic emphasis of the time.