However the main difference between humanistic and psychoanalytic therapies is the way they work with client material (Owen, 1999). Humanistic psychology emerged in the 1960s during the counterculture movement, in response to Sigmund Freud's psychodynamic theory. The humanistic school is based on humanism, “a system of values ​​and beliefs that emphasize the enhancement of the best qualities of mankind and of people's abilities to develop their human potential” (Nelson-Jones, 2000, p. 2). In general, people have the ability to guide, regulate and control themselves as long as certain conditions exist (Nelson-Jones,