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BH 256 Counseling Theories - - Chemeketa Community College

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This counseling course is a rare side-by-side tour of the most influential psychological theories ever built — showing exactly how each one diagnoses what makes us human.

Psychoanalytic TheoryPerson-Centered TheoryExistentialismBehaviorism

Theory Briefing

  • Chemeketa's BH 256 course covers major counseling theories from psychoanalytic to Gestalt, mapping the full spectrum of human psychological thought.
  • Competing frameworks like behaviorism and existentialism offer radically different answers to why people suffer and how they heal.
  • Studying these theories together reveals how foundational assumptions — about identity, free will, and behavior — shape every therapeutic relationship.