EP. 14 Humankind & Counseling Part 1: Establishing A Humanistic Worldview of Anthropology

Episode Notes: Establishing both views; secular worldview on anthropology and a biblical worldview of anthropology.  Humanism began to take an overt stance in psychology by Abraham Maslow, founder of humanistic psychology.  Humanism has man at the center of everything.  Egocentrism unfortunately has crept into the evangelical church with its ear tickling.  Symptom alleviation, better circumstances, etc.  Darwinian evolution had a huge impact on psychology.  The world started from primordial soup, and over billions of years, we evolved from fish to philosophers - being factious.  Freud - psychosexual development - all our human development has a foundation in our sexuality.  Id - darker side, tempted us, superego - our conscience, ego - the mediator  Our view of human nature drives our diagnostic framework.  Carl Rogers believed - non directional approach, given a positive direction, the client would find their potential and flourish.  Our view of human nature not only tells us what’s wrong but also provides a prescription to make things right.  Alfred Kinsey - father of propagating the sexual revolution.  Show Resources: Biblical Counseling Basics - Jeremy Lelek