What type of theory is person-centered therapy?

Client-centered therapy, also known as person-centered therapy or Rogerian therapy, is a non-directive form of talk therapy developed by humanist psychologist Carl Rogers during the 1940s and 1950s.

What are the four key concepts of person-centered therapy?

The Key Features of the Person-Centered Approach

• Empathy (the counsellor trying to understand the client’s point of view)
• Congruence (the counsellor being a genuine person)
• Unconditional positive regard (the counsellor being non-judgemental)

What does research say about person-centered therapy?

Consistent with person-centred theory, research shows that, by far, the largest contribution to therapeutic outcomes comes from clients: their levels of motivation, involvement, engagement. It’s clients that make therapy work, not therapists (see Bohart and Wade, 2013).

What is the main goal of person-centered therapy?

Rogers (1961) described people who are becoming increasingly actualized as having (1) an openness to experience, (2) a trust in themselves, (3) an internal source of evaluation, and (4) a willingness to continue growing. Encouraging these characteristics is the basic goal of person- centered therapy.

Why is person centred therapy called Person Centered Therapy?

Person Centered Approach. A person enters person centered therapy in a state of incongruence . It is the role of the therapists to reverse this situation. Rogers (1959) called his therapeutic approach client-centered or person-centered therapy because of the focus on the person’s subjective view of the world.

How is person centered therapy different from humanistic counseling?

Rogers (1959) called his therapeutic approach client-centered or person-centered therapy because of the focus on the person’s subjective view of the world. One major difference between humanistic counselors and other therapists is that they refer to those in therapy as ‘clients’, not ‘patients’.

Why did Fred Rogers believe in person centred therapy?

Rogers believed that for people to grow and fulfill their potential it is important that they are valued as themselves. This refers to the therapist’s deep and genuine caring for the client. The therapist may not approve of some of the client’s actions, but the therapist does approve of the client.

How are the paradigms of counseling and Psychotherapy established?

Philosophical, professional and political factors help to establish each movement as a counseling paradigm. As I describe in my 2012 book, Paradigms of Counseling and Psychotherapy, counseling paradigms are overarching philosophical, theoretical and political structures that act to categorize counseling theories accordingly.