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Person-Centered Therapy
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Introduction
Conditions
Necessary Conditions
1. Two persons are in psychological contact.
2. The first, whom we shall term the client, is in a state of incongruence, being vulnerable and anxious.
3. The second person, whom we shall term the therapist, is congruent or integrated in the relationship.
4. The therapist experiences unconditional positive regard for the client.
5. The therapist experiences an empathic understanding of the client’s internal frame of reference, and endeavors to communicate this to the client.
6. The communication to the client of the therapist’s empathic understanding and unconditional positive regard is to a minimal extent achieved.
Goals
Overarching Goals
* Assist the progress of growth, development and self-actualization
* Decrease distress, defensiveness, feelings of guilt etc.
* Increase self-esteem, openness to experience, and the client’s understanding of themselves
* Nurture the client’s ability to experience and express feelings, and therefore live a more full life with more comfortable, positive relationships with others
Guidelines
A form of therapy where the client takes responsibility for themselves, their actions, and their future, wherein the therapist acts as a nondirective and empathic support that provides the patient with the environment needed to catalyze change.
Guidelines
Client-Therapist Relationship
Client-Therapist Relationship
1. Congruence, or Genuineness in the therapist.
2. Unconditional Positive Regard.
3. Empathy, i.e. being non-judgmental and understanding.
Guidelines
Guidelines
1. Set clear Boundaries
2. The client knows best
3. Act as a sounding board
4. Don’t be judgmental
5. Don’t make decisions for your clients
6. Concentrate on what they are really saying
7. Be genuine
8. Accept negative emotions
9. How you speak can be more important than what you say
10. I may not be the best person to help
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1. Two persons are in psychological contact.
2. The first, whom we shall term the client, is in a state of incongruence, being vulnerable and anxious.
3. The second person, whom we shall term the therapist, is congruent or integrated in the relationship.
4. The therapist experiences unconditional positive regard for the client.
5. The therapist experiences an empathic understanding of the client’s internal frame of reference, and endeavors to communicate this to the client.
6. The communication to the client of the therapist’s empathic understanding and unconditional positive regard is to a minimal extent achieved.
“Can I have your home address? I would like to send you a gift for Christmas.”
Let's try
some therapy!
“All [men/women] are manipulative! No offense, I don’t mean that you are, I just mean that everyone I’ve dated have been that way.”
“The problem isn’t the cocaine! The problem is that Watson just won’t understand that I have control over the situation!”
Therapy!
1. Set clear Boundaries
2. The client knows best
3. Act as a sounding board
4. Don’t be judgmental
5. Don’t make decisions for your clients
6. Concentrate on what they are really saying
7. Be genuine
8. Accept negative emotions
9. How you speak can be more important than what you say
10. I may not be the best person to help
“... And then Margaret showed up right when I was putting the electric toothbrush up there, and I got so surprised and shocked that I sort of clenched, and it just went ‘SWOOP’ and disappeared! It was horrible! I had to spend two days at the hospital. And Margaret judged me! So I freaked and bought every season of FRIENDS on Blueray and now I don’t have money to pay rent.”
“I just don’t know what to do! I just KNOW that I could catch that white whale, but I feel like it could be the end of me. Can’t you tell me what I should do?”
“I just don’t understand who he thinks he is? Strutting around the office with his massive abs, tight shirts, and that thick … bushy … robust ... beard, and his … GIANT manly hands, and his .. Where was I? Oh yes, the way he STRUTS around he acts as if he owns the place!”
References
“An introduction to Counselling” 5th edition, John McLeod
“Therapy and Practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy” 9th edition, Gerald Corey
https://positivepsychologyprogram.com/client-centered-therapy/#method
https://www.simplypsychology.org/client-centred-therapy.html
http://study.com/academy/lesson/client-centered-therapy-by-rogers-techniques-definition-quiz.html