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Person Centered

Theory

Created by Yesenia Tijerina

for Angelo State University

Person Centered Theory

Person Centered Theory was founded by American Carl R. Rogers. It is a talk therapy where the client does most of the talking to express exactly how they feel. It centers in a non-authoritative approach that allows the client to take control of discussions so that in the process they can find their own solutions.

What is person centered

therapy?

Five Characteristics of the fully functioning Person

Fully functioning person

According to Rogers the fully functioning person has to be...

  • Open to experience: both positive and negative emotions accepted. Negative feelings are not denied, but worked through.
  • Existential living: in touch with different experiences as they occur in life, avoiding prejudging and preconceptions. Being able to live and fully appreciate the present, not always looking back to the past or forward to the future.
  • Trust feelings: feeling, instincts, and gut-reactions are paid attention to and trusted. People’s own decisions are the right ones, and we should trust ourselves to make the right choices.
  • Creativity: creative thinking and risk-taking are features of a person’s life. A person does not play safe all the time. This involves the ability to adjust and change and seek new experiences.
  • Fulfilled life: a person is happy and satisfied with life, and always looking for new challenges and experiences.

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Famous quote

"The organism has one basic tendency and striving - to actualize, maintain, and enhance the experiencing organism” (Rogers, 1951, p. 487).

Born: January 8, 1902

Died: February 4, 1987

Founder: Carl Rogers

Carl R. Rogers was born in Oak Park, Illinois. He lived in La Jolla, California to protestant parents and was the fourth out of six children. In 1924 he completed his undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin and in 1928 took his doctoral degree in clinical and educational psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University. In 1930 he worked in human services for the state of New York. Later he became the director of Guidance Center at the University of Chicago.

History

As a child Roger's felt that he could not expose his world because he would be judge. In the 1940's Rogers deviated from traditional counseling and moved for a more therapeutic approach, then began clinical training which was warm and personal. His first therapy case was based on a mother who had been seen 4-5 times about her “troubled” child who began to talk to Rogers about her personal problems and made him change his work. That is where he became passionate about empathetic listening and understanding of the clients world (Good-Therapy 2007-20018).

According to Rogers “There must be a willingness to accept the child as he is, on his own level of adjustment, and to give him some freedom to work out his own solutions to his problems” (p. 282).

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  • The therapist is congruent with the client.
  • The tenant provides the client with unconditional positive regard.
  • The therapist shows empathetic understanding to the client.

Tenets of Person Centered Therapy

Congruence in Counseling

According to Rogers this process allows the client to really open up in a deeper level.

Congruence

Therapist values the client and genuinely cares for them without judgement (McLeod, 2015).

Unconditional Positive Regard

According to Rogers the therapist must communicate back to the client that they understand how they feel by hearing and understanding their world (McLeod, 2015).

Empathy

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Therapist

The therapist is a compassionate facilitator that listens without any judgment and restates the client’s words to fully understand thoughts and feelings. Therapist is there to encourage and support the client through the process of self-discovery, self-acceptance, and provides steps to healing and positive growth.

Role of the Therapist

The seven principles that outline the approach to PCT:

  • Facilitation-client is responsible for their own healing.
  • Problem –the clients personal problem is the focal point in which the session is organized.
  • Realness-therapist must become a “real-person” and set aside any artificial guise.
  • Prizing-therapist express unconditional regard for client.
  • Empathy-become a non-judgmental listener.
  • Trust-therapist must trust clients judgment.
  • Congruence-being genuine and "real" with the client will allow them to be more open about deeper feelings and thoughts.

Steps for Person Centered Therapy

Choice of Theory

I focused on Roger’s Person Centered Therapy because it helps build stronger relationships and I feel it is the best therapy to gain the child’s trust. We work with kids that want to be loved and cared for. This therapy will allow us to create a free and more understanding environment with no judgment that will in return provide better results. PCT allows the students more opportunities to be open and expressive with their real feelings and allows them to think for themselves and become independent and create change. I currently work with adolescents and they just seem to want to be understood. Putting into practice empathetic listening and congruence will allow us to be “real” not “fake”. If we are genuine with our students, positive outcomes and good relationships will be the end result.

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  • To gain more confidence
  • Stronger sense of Identity.
  • Ability to build healthy relationships.
  • Learn to trust their own decisions.

Application

Shefer, Natalie ( 2017). Bringing Carl Rogers Back In: Exploring the Power of Positive Regard at work. British Journal of Management, Vol 29(1), 63-81. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.easydb.angelo.edu/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-8551.12247

Ivie, S. D. Carl R. Rogers. Salem Press Encyclopedia of Health (2013). Retrieved from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.easydb.angelo.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=1&sid=41d01f66-b8d5-4355-a043-4f5e5f286533%40sdc-v-sessmgr01&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=93871824&db=ers

(2012). Carl Rogers on Person-Centered Therapy [Video file]. Psychotherapy.net. Retrieved November 20, 2018, from Kanopy.

(2007). Person-Centered Child Therapy [Video file]. Psychotherapy.net. Retrieved November 20, 2018, from Kanopy.

Good Therapy. (2007-2018). Retrieved from https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/types/preson-centered

Carl Rogers on facilitating a group [Video file]. (1971). Retrieved November 25, 2018, from https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=19267&xtid=150032

Mahoney, K. T., & Baker, D. B. (2002). Regular Article: Elton Mayo and Carl Rogers: A Tale of Two Techniques. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 60, 437–450. https://doi-org.easydb.angelo.edu/10.1006/jvbe.2001.1839

Revisiting Carl Rogers Theory of Personality [Image] retrieved from http://journalpsyche.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CarlRogers.jpg

Mcleod, S.A. (2014, Feb 05). Carl Rogers. [image] Retrieved from https://www.simplypsychology.org/carl-rogers.html

Rogers, C. R. (1961). On Becoming a person: A psychotherapists view of psychotherapy. Houghton Mifflin.

Mcleod, S.A. (2014,Feb 05). Carl Rogers. Retrieved from https://www.simplypsychology.org/carl-rogers.html

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