humanistic psychology

When I read the article on Humanistic psychology I found it interesting, because I feel that its the correct way to approact someone in therapy or just about in any situation. In humanistic psychology the approach is to focus on two aspects, psychoanalysis, and behaviorism. "Psychoanalysis was focused on understanding the unconscious motivations that drove behavior while behaviorism studied the conditioning processes that produced behavior. " I think this is a good path to take when trying to resolve problems, you have to study what the person who needs the help is going through to understand what is making this person act the way they are acting. I think there are many little things that can enforce someone to act a certain way, it can be something like a loved one being killed, or it can even be something as small as not having enough sugar in your morning coffee. I also think it is important for therapist to know what made the patient behave the way they did after the fact that they knew something small, or big, was affecting them. In the article it also says that humanistic psychology is now reflected around growth and self actualization so I think that the importance of getting the patient to understand their own problem in a more simplistic way before they even go to the therapist will indeed help them overcome future obstacles.