Maslow’s & William Glasser’s Needs Theory
We believe that there are 8 needs. They should be fulfilled at least to the level of 5 out of 10. If not, it leads to some distressing feelings like sadness, anger, fear, guilt and shame. In the counselling session, the counselor might have helped you to become aware of these needs and help you to find the ways to fulfil them.
- Safety & Security Needs: Protection from harm, the need for law and order.
- Love & Belongingness Needs: The need for friendship, the search for a mate and the desire to be part of a family are all reflections of this need.
- Esteem Needs: The need for self-respect, recognition, confidence and competence.
- Self-Actualization Needs: Self-actualization is the need to become what one is capable of becoming. Need to utilize one’s potentials to the maximum extent and desire to become what one is capable of becoming.
- Fun Needs: The need for fun is the need to find pleasure, to play and to laugh. Should you doubt that this is as important as any of the others, imagine a life without hope of any enjoyment. Glasser links the need for fun to learning. All of the higher order animals (dogs, dolphins, primates, etc.) play. As they play, they learn important life skills. Human beings are no different. It is true that “play is a child’s work.”
- Power Needs: Having at least someone who can be influenced. This need can be used to empower the other person.
- Freedom Needs: The need to be free is the need for independence, autonomy, to have choices and to be able to take control of the direction of one’s life.
- Physiological Needs: The needs of oxygen, food, water, and maintenance of body temperature (food, shelter, clothing & sex).