Person-centered theory is regarded as one of the most popular theories of counseling and therapy since its development in the 1940s. Its originator‚ Carl Rogers originally labeled it as nondirective. The theory was intended to offer a distinctive option to the behavioral and psychoanalytic theories that subjugated psychology during the period. At a later time‚ Rogers expanded the concepts of the process and renamed it client-centered to de-emphasize the nondirective nature and emphasize a full understanding
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Person-centered Therapy: Theory Summary: Carol Rogers fostered the idea of person-centered therapy. Person-centered therapy holds the idea that in order for change to occur there must be three attributes of the therapist: congruence‚ unconditional positive regard‚ and an accurate empathetic understanding (Corey‚ 2013‚ p. 178). If these three attributes are present‚ the client has the best climate for growth. The client-therapist relationship must be healthy in order for a positive counseling outcome
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ROGERS: SEVEN STAGES OF THERAPEUTIC GROWTH TOWARDS FULL FUNCTIONING from Merry‚ T. & Lusty‚ B. (1993) What is Person- Centred Therapy?‚ Loughton‚ Essex: Gale Centre Publications. Rogers thought there were seven stages that he could observe‚ and they enabled him to see whether his clients were making progress in therapy‚ or whether they seemed to be stuck‚ for a time unable to move on. Although the process can be erratic‚ clients do‚ in general progress step by step‚ building on their experiences
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Person Centered Counseling was created by Carl Rogers. This type of counseling deals with the ways in which people perceive themselves consciously rather than having a counselor try to interpret unconscious thoughts or ideas. There are many different components and tools used in person-centered counseling‚ including active listening and paraphrasing‚ and more. The real point is that the client already has the answers to the problems and the job of the counselor is to listen without making any judgments
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Person Centered and Experiential Theory and Therapy Person Centered and Experiential Theory and Therapy Acquired Skills I have learned that my role as a therapist is not to bring in a client‚ but to enroll and engage the client in a therapeutic relationship. Thus‚ creating room for the client’s current state and allow room to change. The emphasis of fairness and impartial treatment as the therapist gives the client the ability to recognize and understand their problems
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PCT Essay 1 Running head: AN ILLUSTRATION OF PERSON-CENTERED THERAPY What do you consider to be the strengths and weaknesses of the person-centered approach? What concepts and methods might build effective bonds with clients? Discuss any shortcomings in staying with this orientation. Word Count: 2214 * * i ¦* / PCT Essay 2 Abstract This essay would attempt to explain the fundamental concepts and therapeutic methodologies that might build effective bonds with clients
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Person-centered therapy (PCT)‚ which is also known as client-centered‚ non-directive‚ or Rogerian therapy‚ is an approach to counseling and psychotherapy that places much of the responsibility for the treatment process on the client‚ with the therapist taking a non directive role. Two primary goals of PCT are increased self-esteem and greater openness to experience. Some of the related changes that this form of therapy seeks to foster in clients include closer agreement between the client’s idealized
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The field of counselling contains many theories‚ sometimes very different from each other. There are‚ however‚ three major theoretical approaches: “humanistic”‚ “psychodynamic” and “cognitive behavioural” and within each of these approaches there are discrete models‚ for example‚ “person centred” and “transpersonal”. This diversity of counselling theories and approaches is really valuable and important. Why? Because the different theories relate to different ways of thinking about how people develop
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Evaluate the claim that Person-centered Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients. Introduction Person-centered therapy is just one of over more than 300 different types of psychotherapy treatments available to clients‚ illustrated by Holmes and Lindley (1989) as ranging from Active Analytical Psychotherapy to Zaraleya Psychoenergetic Technique. Over the years‚ these varying schools of thought have not always seen eye to eye with emphasis being placed on differences
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Person-Centered Therapy Carl Rogers developed Person-Centered Therapy (PCT) in the 1940s (Rogers & Maslow‚ 2008). PCT can be used with individuals‚ group settings‚ or within family therapy. PCT is a way of supporting and working with people within a mind frame of an humanistic approach. The process behind PCT involves active listening‚ thinking together‚ sharing ideas between practitioner and client‚ and the therapist being nondirective and supportive within PCT sessions. PCT puts the client at
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