Evaluate the claim that Person-centred Therapy offers the therapist all the he/she will need to treat clients
Nikki White CHELM2A 13 “Evaluate the claim that Person-centred Therapy offers the therapist all the he/she will need to treat clients”
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In this essay I will 'evaluate the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients'. As this essay is asking me to 'evaluate' the theory of PersonCentred Therapy, I will weigh up the advantages and disadvantages and outline some of the criticisms that have been made regarding Person-Centred Therapy. I will explain the main theoretical constructs of self-actualisation, organismic self, conditions of worth, and self concept. I will discuss the way that Carl Rogers explains and responds to psychological disorders and to what extent Person-Centred Therapy might be useful in treating these disorders. I will conclude this essay with my personal opinion of Person-Centred Therapy and my own experiences of practicing with this method of therapy.
Person-Centred Therapy (PCT) is categorised as a humanistic approach which was developed in the 1950's. The major theorists were Carl Rogers, Rollo May, Fitz Perls and Abraham
Maslow. Maslow believed that people are motivated to achieve certain needs, and will continually strive to satisfy those needs. This was known as Maslow's hierarchy of needs or 'Self -actualisation'.
(1) A Self Actualised person is thought of as being the best that they can be. They have reached their own personal potential. (2) Maslow's theory was that a person needed to satisfy four lower 'needs' levels to reach the top level of self-actualisation. The lowest level being physiological needs ie: food, warmth, shelter, sleep and sex. They can then move up to the next level of safety needs, before moving on to social needs and then esteem needs, before finally reaching self-actualisation.
Once one need is fulfilled a person seeks to fulfil the next one, and so on. It is possible to reach self-actualisation without all the lower needs to be totally fulfilled. Maslow
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In this essay I will 'evaluate the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients'. As this essay is asking me to 'evaluate' the theory of PersonCentred Therapy, I will weigh up the advantages and disadvantages and outline some of the criticisms that have been made regarding Person-Centred Therapy. I will explain the main theoretical constructs of self-actualisation, organismic self, conditions of worth, and self concept. I will discuss the way that Carl Rogers explains and responds to psychological disorders and to what extent Person-Centred Therapy might be useful in treating these disorders. I will conclude this essay with my personal opinion of Person-Centred Therapy and my own experiences of practicing with this method of therapy.
Person-Centred Therapy (PCT) is categorised as a humanistic approach which was developed in the 1950's. The major theorists were Carl Rogers, Rollo May, Fitz Perls and Abraham
Maslow. Maslow believed that people are motivated to achieve certain needs, and will continually strive to satisfy those needs. This was known as Maslow's hierarchy of needs or 'Self -actualisation'.
(1) A Self Actualised person is thought of as being the best that they can be. They have reached their own personal potential. (2) Maslow's theory was that a person needed to satisfy four lower 'needs' levels to reach the top level of self-actualisation. The lowest level being physiological needs ie: food, warmth, shelter, sleep and sex. They can then move up to the next level of safety needs, before moving on to social needs and then esteem needs, before finally reaching self-actualisation.
Once one need is fulfilled a person seeks to fulfil the next one, and so on. It is possible to reach self-actualisation without all the lower needs to be totally fulfilled. Maslow