Training the Tactical Professional incorporating the Humanistic Approach- Introduction Pt. 2
The humanistic perspective has not always aligned with mainstream psychology and for a long time before the 1970s. A small batch of individuals changed their outlook within the human’s state of mind and personality throughout the 1970s and up to the 1980s, removing themselves out of a constrained thought process in psychology (1).
Adjusting to a new observation point of the tactical professional from a humanistic, humanism, and humanist perspective widens the left and right lateral limits for coaches and practitioners and those living this high-energy lifestyle. Engulfed with studying the development of the psyche at best, broadens the range of ideas and ways to bridge the past, present, and future gaps in human behavior and performance inside the tactical community.
The individuals working in this field tend to tread towards sickness and diseases faster due to residual fatigue and a consistent high baseline of stress. This causes a drop in both the physiological and psychological systems’ ability to tolerate life, producing an insufficient balance of the human being.
Using the humanistic perspective creates a thought process that not many have traveled to or explored—creating more robust tools to foster a healthier relationship with themselves instinctually. Motivating that person to change behaviors gradually improves the ability to recover effectively, navigate hardships better, and decreases self-induced sickness and diseases. Slowly but surely, feeling the slightest change in the wholeness and uniqueness of the human gives them the power to become better assets inside and outside their profession.
(1) Mcleod, S. (n.d.). Humanistic approach. Study Guides for Psychology Students - Simply Psychology. https://www.simplypsychology.org/humanistic.html