assignment is on Person centered therapy. Write in 3 equal parts the following: Briefly describe the key concepts. Explain the strengths and weaknesses of this therapy. How do you feel about the approach of this therapy? Answer: Psychotherapy Networker conducted a survey in 2006 (as cited in Corey‚ 2009) identifying Carl Rogers as the single most influential psychotherapist of the past quarter century. Using humanistic psychological concepts‚ Rogers formulated a person-centered approach to therapy
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Review of Rogers’s Person-centered Therapy in Self Perspective: Critical Evaluation and Integrative Improvement Date of submission: 10 December 2007 (Monday) This paper was divided into three parts. The first part was to summarize the basic concepts of Rogers’s phenomenological approach of personality. Carl Rogers‚ who was the pioneered humanistic counselor and psychotherapist‚ advocated “Client-centered Therapy” (now known as “Person-centered Therapy” derived
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One theory that I continue to apply at EAO is the use of person-centred approach as you need to let the older adult who is being abused or suspects abuse of a friend decide what they would like to do. The person is the expert of there own life‚ not you as the SSW‚ you are there for support. Ways I have applied this is during calls to the head office from older adults‚ and during training session and fairs when older adults or care takers are discussing issues of elder abuse. Another theory that I
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are numerous theories that can be used together to make an efficient therapist and provide results for the clients. The person centered theory is designed to focus on humanism‚ human potential‚ conditions of worth‚ orgasmic valuing‚ the fully functioning person‚ and phenomenological perspective (Seligman & Reichenberg‚ 2010). There are three core values in the person centered theory‚ these are extremely important in the output of clinician-client relationships and facilitating change for positive
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Person Centered Theory A theory basing on concepts from humanistic psychology‚ also known as the “third force” in Psychotherapy by Carl Rogers‚ Person Centered Theory started its journey in the Psychotherapy field in the early 1940s‚ in which‚ according to Corey (2009‚ p.165)‚ “stands out as one of the most influential figures in revolutionizing the direction of counseling theory and practice”‚ as that was a period of time when Psychotherapy was practiced in an approach whereby the therapists
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Person Centered Counseling was created by Carl Rogers. This type of counseling deals with the ways in which people perceive themselves consciously rather than having a counselor try to interpret unconscious thoughts or ideas. There are many different components and tools used in person-centered counseling‚ including active listening and paraphrasing‚ and more. The real point is that the client already has the answers to the problems and the job of the counselor is to listen without making any judgments
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PCT Essay 1 Running head: AN ILLUSTRATION OF PERSON-CENTERED THERAPY What do you consider to be the strengths and weaknesses of the person-centered approach? What concepts and methods might build effective bonds with clients? Discuss any shortcomings in staying with this orientation. Word Count: 2214 * * i ¦* / PCT Essay 2 Abstract This essay would attempt to explain the fundamental concepts and therapeutic methodologies that might build effective bonds with clients
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Person-Centered Therapy Carl Rogers developed Person-Centered Therapy (PCT) in the 1940s (Rogers & Maslow‚ 2008). PCT can be used with individuals‚ group settings‚ or within family therapy. PCT is a way of supporting and working with people within a mind frame of an humanistic approach. The process behind PCT involves active listening‚ thinking together‚ sharing ideas between practitioner and client‚ and the therapist being nondirective and supportive within PCT sessions. PCT puts the client at
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Personal Model Of Helping – Person-Centered Theory My personal view of helping someone is based upon my own past experiences for both myself and my observation of others. Person-centered therapy may not work as well with people who find it complicated to discuss issues about themselves or have a mental illness that misrepresents their perceptions of reality. However‚ I believe that Person Centered Counseling is an approach which emphasizes the clients responsibility to take control of their own
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Child Centered Learning ‘The student knows more than the teacher about what he has learnt – even if he knows less about what was taught.’ (Peter Elbow) Child Centered Learning It is also referred as child centred pedagogy‚ child centred education‚ child centred teaching‚ student centred teaching or student centre learning. Child centered learning approach is a philosophy‚ not a methodology – which is why there are so many different approaches and no two classrooms applying it will look
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