“EVALUATE THE CLAIM THAT PERSON-CENTRED THERAPY OFFERS THE THERAPIST ALL THAT HE/SHE WILL NEED TO TREAT CLIENTS” INTRODUCTION: Carl Ransom Rogers (1902 – 1987) was amongst the most influential figures of humanistic psychology‚ a school of psychotherapy that rejected medical and psychoanalytic models of treatment‚ and instead put forth a theory of personality and behaviour that presumed the source of psychological health ultimately resides in the individual person rather than in a programme
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Indisputably‚ in recent years there has been an influx in people seeking therapy for a multitude of reasons relating to personal growth‚ marital or family conflict and work dissatisfaction to name a few. One of the recognized theories of counselling today was developed by the humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers in the 1940s and although this new approach to psychotherapy ran contrary to the theories dominant at the time‚ person-centred therapy is considered one of the major therapeutic approaches nowadays
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Clients come to therapy for different reasons. Some clients come because they need to talk to an expert about their problems. Others come because the authorities mandated them. These clients are never happy for being forced to see a therapist against their wish. Client who comes to therapy could change‚ but the willingness and the power to change could be hindered by negative thinking which could be corrected when client come to therapy. Encouraging and motivating clients towards a positive change
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“Evaluate the claim that Person-centred Therapy offers the therapist all the he/she will need to treat clients” Page 1 In this essay I will ’evaluate the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients’. As this essay is asking me to ’evaluate’ the theory of PersonCentred Therapy‚ I will weigh up the advantages and disadvantages and outline some of the criticisms that have been made regarding Person-Centred Therapy. I will explain the main theoretical
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Person-Centered PCA Person-Centred Approach UPR Unconditional positive regard Introduction and background “Evaluate the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients”. Person-Centred (PC) counselling also known as Client-Centred or Rogerian counselling is a humanist therapy‚ which emerged in the 1950’s‚ offering individuals an alternative to other Behavioral/Psychoanalytic methods. Humanistic therapy concentrates on the ability of
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the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients.’ The Person Centred approach is based upon the theory and philosophy of Carl Rogers. This approach in its set-up is familiar to the general public as it is depicted in the media and is often expected therefore that a counselling session would take place in this format. At first glance the counselling process which has derived from the theory of Rogers‚ in a real therapy situation appears simplistic
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“Evaluate the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients” Simon Wakefield MANCH2A 12 – Yvonne Hale – Word Count -2339 Carl Rodgers was born in Illinois‚ Chicago On January 8th 1902. The fourth of six children he was educated in a strict religious environment. His early career choices included agriculture‚ history and religion‚ giving serious thought into joining the Ministry until the age of 20 when he began to re-evaluate his life and
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“Evaluate the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients” The humanistic movement was established as a way to expand and improve upon the two other schools of thought; behaviourism and psychoanalysis‚ which had‚ up until the first half of the 20th century dominated psychology. An American theorist called Abraham Maslow began to research creativity in humans through art and science. He first introduced his concept of a hierarchy of needs in
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The similarities and differences between client-centered and psychodynamic therapies are: Client-centered therapy: An approach to counseling where the client determines the general direction of therapy‚ while the therapist seeks to increase the client’s insightful self-understanding through informal simplified questions. The client is the focal point of the sessions‚ the therapist takes a "back seat" to learn about the person‚ and watch as the client moves toward the achievement of their full
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Person-centred counselling originated in the thinking of Carl Rogers‚ an eminent American psychologist. He believed that each individual human being had more knowledge and resources to promote their healing and growth than any therapist could ever have – so that the therapist’s job was to create conditions whereby the client could begin to explore and uncover these resources in themselves‚ rather than directly influence the client from a position of “expertise” or “greater knowledge”. These conditions
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