Carl Roger’s Person-Centered Therapy

Dayon ThomasM.Sc.(MB)

Reg.No.12LS4101

PSYCHOLOGY

An academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental

functions and behaviors. 

Prominent Branches of Psychology

PsychoanalysisBehaviorismExistentialism and Humanism

 

HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY

Holistic approach to human existence

Special attention creativity, free will, and human potential.

Carl Rogers•Born in 1902 in united states in a family with agriculture backgrounds.•Joined agriculture university of Wisconsin•Nature taught him the strength of human capability•Joined Columbia university and became a psychologist at Rochester Child Guidance Clinic•At Ohio state university and development of “Client-centered therapy”

HUMANISTIC APPROACH OF CARL ROGERS

In the person, an ability to actualize the self.Result - person solving his or her own problems.

THEORY OF THE PERSON

The person is an active process

Each of us has a natural potential that we can actualize and through which we can find meaning

PERSON- CENTERED THERAPY

A counseling technique

GOALS OF PERSON-CENTERED THERAPY

Increase the independence and integration of the clientFocus on the person, not the problemCreate the conditions necessary for positive growthDevelop openness to new experiences, trust in themselves, internal source of evaluation, and willingness to continue growing

The Role of the Therapist

Therapists are used as instruments of change but are not to direct the change in client

Therapist helps develop an environment in which the client can grow

Through attitudes of genuine caring, respect, and understanding the client is able to let their defenses down & become more self aware

Therapist reflects client’s view of the world(Phenomenological approach)

THE PROCESS OF THERAPY

There are no real techniques, other than listening, empathizing, understanding, and responding to the client

The client’s self-assessment is of primary importance

There are no specific stages to the process, as it is all about the client’s own process of change and growth, which must happen at their own pace

CONDITIONS IN PERSON-CENTERED THERAPY

Direction comes from the client rather than from the therapist’s insights, so referred to as nondirective therapy, later client-centered therapy

EmpathyCongruence/GenuinenessUnconditional Positive Regard

CHARACTERISTICS OF A FULLY FUNCTIONING PERSON

These people are open to their experiences. They strive to experience life to its fullest & are willing to take some risks.

These people live in the present (here & now).

These folks trust their own feelings & instincts. They aren’t held back by old standards or concern for what others might think.

organismic trusting, experiential freedom, and creativity

KEY CONCEPTS

Clients have resources for positive movementClient has capacity to resolve life problems without interpretation and direction from therapistFully experience the present momentLearn to accept oneselfDecide on ways to changeViews mental health as a congruence between what one wants to become and what one actually is.

Applications

Individual and group counselingStudent-centered teaching and learningParent-child relations and human relations training labsAnxiety disorders, alcoholism, psychosomatic problems, agoraphobia, interpersonal difficulties, depression, cancer, personality disordersWell suited for early phases of crisis interventionAdministration and management and systems and institutions

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