Psychotherapeutic Counselling: Client-Centred Therapy
Word Count Limit: 2500
Actual word count: 2306
Name: Cheryl Hasell.
Course Tutor: Sian Williamson.
Course Code: North 1S.
Homework assignment
Year 2- Psychotherapeutic Counselling – Module One.
Essay Title: “Evaluate the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients.”
A psychotherapist uses a wide variety of differing theoretical models and concepts to help clients, one such theory is Client-Centred Therapy or Patient-Centred Therapy, as described by Carl Rogers. We will seek to evaluate this model by discussing its origins, theoretical constructs, underlying philosophical influences along with the ideals of those who have criticised this methodology. Finally considering …show more content…
The psychotherapist only offers the client three core conditions: Positive regard, Empathic understanding and Congruence; thus offering acceptance, understanding and honesty. This encourages the client to relax and seeks to encourage them in to expressing and sharing their inner most thoughts and feelings. The psychotherapists’ role is to simply reflect these back to the client so that inconsistencies can be explored. This enables the client to grow and develop, having gained acceptance for their own self, in turn ensuring that therapeutic change occurs. Finally, as previously noted, this approached takes the client as their own judge and jury and only ever focuses on the client, never that of the psychotherapist or their ideals and, more importantly, never on an actual diagnosis of the presenting condition/ complaint. Person Centred Therapy is just that, person centred, and the psychotherapist is present to ensure that the client can meet and interact with themselves during the therapy session, to become more in touch with their own self, and their own intrinsic thoughts and …show more content…
(1999). A critique of non-directivity in the person- centred approach. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 39(4), 94-110.
Lietaer, G. (1998). From non-directive to experiential: A paradigm unfolding. In B. Thorne, & E. Lambers (eds.) Person-Centred Therapy: A European Perspective. London: Sage.
Maslow, A. 2010. Toward A Psychology of Being-Reprint of 1962. Martino Publishing
O’Leary, E. 1982. The Psychology of Counselling, 2nd edition. Cork: Cork University Press.
Rogers, C.R. Skinner, B.F. 1956. Some issues concerning the control of human behaviour. Science, Volume 124, No. 3231, 1057-1066.
Rogers, C. 2003. Client Centred Therapy: Its Current Practice, Implications and Theory. New Ed edition.
Actual word count: 2306
Name: Cheryl Hasell.
Course Tutor: Sian Williamson.
Course Code: North 1S.
Homework assignment
Year 2- Psychotherapeutic Counselling – Module One.
Essay Title: “Evaluate the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients.”
A psychotherapist uses a wide variety of differing theoretical models and concepts to help clients, one such theory is Client-Centred Therapy or Patient-Centred Therapy, as described by Carl Rogers. We will seek to evaluate this model by discussing its origins, theoretical constructs, underlying philosophical influences along with the ideals of those who have criticised this methodology. Finally considering …show more content…
The psychotherapist only offers the client three core conditions: Positive regard, Empathic understanding and Congruence; thus offering acceptance, understanding and honesty. This encourages the client to relax and seeks to encourage them in to expressing and sharing their inner most thoughts and feelings. The psychotherapists’ role is to simply reflect these back to the client so that inconsistencies can be explored. This enables the client to grow and develop, having gained acceptance for their own self, in turn ensuring that therapeutic change occurs. Finally, as previously noted, this approached takes the client as their own judge and jury and only ever focuses on the client, never that of the psychotherapist or their ideals and, more importantly, never on an actual diagnosis of the presenting condition/ complaint. Person Centred Therapy is just that, person centred, and the psychotherapist is present to ensure that the client can meet and interact with themselves during the therapy session, to become more in touch with their own self, and their own intrinsic thoughts and …show more content…
(1999). A critique of non-directivity in the person- centred approach. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 39(4), 94-110.
Lietaer, G. (1998). From non-directive to experiential: A paradigm unfolding. In B. Thorne, & E. Lambers (eds.) Person-Centred Therapy: A European Perspective. London: Sage.
Maslow, A. 2010. Toward A Psychology of Being-Reprint of 1962. Martino Publishing
O’Leary, E. 1982. The Psychology of Counselling, 2nd edition. Cork: Cork University Press.
Rogers, C.R. Skinner, B.F. 1956. Some issues concerning the control of human behaviour. Science, Volume 124, No. 3231, 1057-1066.
Rogers, C. 2003. Client Centred Therapy: Its Current Practice, Implications and Theory. New Ed edition.