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Discuss how the humanistic theorists ( Roger, Maslow,and Frankl) might respond to this question.

I have been seeing my Doctor, who is a psychoanalyst. He thinks I need years of therapy to explore my id-ego conflicts, he said I need to regress back to my childhood repressions, (I don't know what that means) I have been feeling that no one likes me, I think am too much of a loner, I like my privacy a lot. Could they help me or should I stay with my Doctor?

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According to the humanistic approach to psychology, the human needs must be achieved in a specific order, as represented in the steps of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. In the Hierarchy of Needs, the third step discusses love and belonging, which is what the client appears to be lacking, as evidenced by her ...

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