Question

A male who seeks help for depression is told that the way to overcome the depression is to improve his self-esteem and self-expression, to seek out peak experiences and achieve self-actualization. this approach is most similar to that of ________ psychology.

Answer 1

The answer would be Humanistic Psychology.

The achievement of self-actualization was first discussed by Abraham Maslow as part of his hierarchy of needs, and it represents the completition of the highest level of the hierarchy and the emergence of the "fully functional person". Self-actualization is basically the achievement of meaning in one's own life.