Client-Centred Approach Analysis

The term ‘client-centred’ is derived from one of the humanistic approaches to counselling associated with Dr. Carl Rogers (1902 – 1997). Seligman (2006) states that this mainstream approach, out of a handful that include psychodynamic and behavioural approaches, sees clients as individuals who are ‘capable and autonomous’, and are able to change their own lives for the better. The British Association for the Person-Centred Approach (2015) describes the client-centred approach to be ‘non-directive’, emphasising that a client is his or her own expert. The counsellor’s role is to facilitate self-awareness and knowledge, allowing clients to independently seek out solutions to their problems (Rogers and Carmichael,