Person Centered Therapy Group Theory Summary
Person-Centered Therapy Groups
Group Theory Summary Sheet
Mr. Rodgers’ Neighbors
What is Person-Centered Therapy (Kasey)?
“The fundamental goal of person-centered therapists is the creation of an optimal therapeutic relationship for their clients” (Cain, 2010, p. 17).
• Humans strive for actualization – to maintain or promote growth. There is a need for an actualizing tendency or a sense of wholeness to be fulfilled.
• Mutual trust, acceptance, and spontaneity are important when building the counselor-client relationship.
• Providing genuineness, unconditional positive regard, and an empathetic understanding is essential for growth in the client/clients. “Empathy exists when one person accurately perceives the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy, and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto, as if one were the other person, but without ever …show more content…
A facilitator is a leader who participates genuinely in the group process as a member of the group without using gimmicks or planned procedures (Gregoire & Christian, 2007).
Skills of the Person-Centered Group Leader:
• Being present
• Promoting a client’s freedom
• Being empathetic, accepting, genuine, and authentic
• Active listening
• Supporting
• Reflecting
• Sharing
• Affirming
• Clarifying
• Summarizing
• Engaging
Person-Centered group leader (facilitator) must maintain an optimistic and positive view and core qualities that are intervention tools for self-exploration, personal growth, and positive group experiences (Gregoire & Christian, 2007).
Phases of the group process according to Person-Centered Therapy
Initial Stage
Transition
Group Theory Summary Sheet
Mr. Rodgers’ Neighbors
What is Person-Centered Therapy (Kasey)?
“The fundamental goal of person-centered therapists is the creation of an optimal therapeutic relationship for their clients” (Cain, 2010, p. 17).
• Humans strive for actualization – to maintain or promote growth. There is a need for an actualizing tendency or a sense of wholeness to be fulfilled.
• Mutual trust, acceptance, and spontaneity are important when building the counselor-client relationship.
• Providing genuineness, unconditional positive regard, and an empathetic understanding is essential for growth in the client/clients. “Empathy exists when one person accurately perceives the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy, and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto, as if one were the other person, but without ever …show more content…
A facilitator is a leader who participates genuinely in the group process as a member of the group without using gimmicks or planned procedures (Gregoire & Christian, 2007).
Skills of the Person-Centered Group Leader:
• Being present
• Promoting a client’s freedom
• Being empathetic, accepting, genuine, and authentic
• Active listening
• Supporting
• Reflecting
• Sharing
• Affirming
• Clarifying
• Summarizing
• Engaging
Person-Centered group leader (facilitator) must maintain an optimistic and positive view and core qualities that are intervention tools for self-exploration, personal growth, and positive group experiences (Gregoire & Christian, 2007).
Phases of the group process according to Person-Centered Therapy
Initial Stage
Transition