Humanistic approaches evolved mainly as an opposition to the highly mechanistic and deterministic elements of both the psychodynamic and behavioral approaches. Proponents of this school argue that frustrations in human existence, especially problems that arise from alienation and conflicts within the self-concept lead to emotional problems. Humanistic therapists also believe in the ability of the patient to make his or her own choices and to control their future. In order to help these individuals to make their own choices, therapy involves making them aware of their hidden emotions and desires. In this way, humanistic therapy is very much like psychodynamic treatment in that it emphasizes insight-oriented methods. However, since humanistic therapists are more concerned with how their patients are feeling and not necessarily why they feel that way, the humanistic approach is actually more like behavioral therapy in its emphasis on the present. The most unique attribute of humanistic therapies is the vast importance of the patient- client relationship. Whereas in the psychodynamic and behavioral approaches this relationship is seen as the means to an end, in the humanistic approach, the relationship is the treatment. The goal of the treatment is not to solve all of the individual's problems, as in behavioral therapy, but rather to place more autonomy in the hands of the patient so that the patient can help him- or herself.