Person Centred Therapy By CARL ROGERS.

1. COUNSELLING
THEORIES
GUIDANCE AND
COUNSELLING
Priya Agnes M.Sc
M.Ed

2. CARL ROGERS
• Biography father of person
centered therapy
• one of the founders of
humanistic psychology
• coined the term "person
centered therapy"
• key idea: client knew how to self
heal

3. HISTORY
• One day he was working with the
young boy and was trying to
convince his mother that the
child's disruptive behavior was a
consequence of her early
rejection of him

4. Humanistic Approach
• In the person an ability to
actualize the self
• Result- person solving her
own problems

5. Central idea
• human beings as having an
innate tendency to develop
towards their full potential
• this ability can become blocked
or distorted by certain life
experiences particularly those
which affect the sense of value

6. Person Centered Therapy
• Humanistic approach that deals
with the ways in which
individuals perceive themselves
consciously rather than how a
counselor can interpret their
unconscious thoughts or ideas

7. GOALS
• Increase independence and
integration of the client
• focus on the person not the problem
• create the conditions necessary for
positive growth
• develop openness to new
experiences,trust in themselves,
internal source of evaluation and
willingness to continue growing

8. ROLE OF THE THERAPIST
• instruments of change but are not to
direct the change
• 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
and become more self aware
• therapist reflects client's view of the
world

9. PROCESS OF THE THERAPY
• there are no real techniques other
than listening, empathizing,
understanding and responding
• self assessment is of primary
importance
• specific stages- all about the client's
own process of change and growth
which must happen at their own
pace

10. CORE CONDITIONS
• Empathy
• Congruence- Being Genuine
• Unconditional positive regard - Non
judgemental attitude

11. CORE CONDITIONS
"An empathetic way of being with
another person has several facets"
• entering the private perceptual
world
• being sensitive moment to
moment
• temporarily living in other's life

12. CORE CONDITIONS
"The congruent person is genuine,
real, integrated, whole and
transparent"
• Non congruent -impress, plays a
role, puts up a front, hides
behind
• choosing to be real with others is
the single most important
decision a person can make

13. CORE CONDITIONS
Unconditional positive regard is the
label given to the fundamental
attitude of the person centered
counselor
• holds the attitude deeply that
values humanity

14. APPLICATIONS
• Individual and group counseling
• student center teaching and learning
• parent child relations and human
relations training labs
• anxiety disorders, alcoholism,
psychosomatic problems, agoraphobia,
interpersonal difficulties, depression,
cancer, personality disorders
• well suited for early phases of crisis
intervention
• administration and management and
systems and institutions

15. CRTICISMS
• no evidence to support "humans
are good"
• lacks direction and strategy
• relies to heavily on a therapist
personal qualities
• may not be suitable for certain
presentations
• difficult to measure outcomes

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