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What does Carl Roger's theory focus on?
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It focused on human potential rather than pathology
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What are the themes of Person Centered Therapy?
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The client is the "expert"
Emphasize the client's uniqueness Goal directed, self enhancing Basic trustworthiness of humans Focus on feelings, present |
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What is the curative factor?
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Empathic relationship
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Actualizing Tendency
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inherent tendency of the organism to develop all of its capacities in ways which serve to maintain or enhance the organism
ex: free choice, we prefer to be healthy rather than sick and further our optimal development core of roger's theory |
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self experience
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any aspect of the experience that a person believes to be "me" or "I"
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self concept
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the organized set of beliefs and perceptions that a person holds regarding him or herself
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ideal self
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the self concept that a person would like to possess
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congruence
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healthy functioning is characterized by this between self experience and self concept
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internal locus of evaluation
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we are naturally capable of knowing how well experiences maintain or enhance the self
we use these judgements to evaluate experiences as + or - and seek the + and avoid the - changed based on new experiences |
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positive regard
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acceptance, respect, sympathy, warmth & love
we have a need of this from others youth depend on this for worthiness but eventually can provide this as autonomy is achieved |
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unconditional positive self regard
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sigh of psychological health
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conditional + regard
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we are more likely to recieve + regard for conditions of worth
external locus of evaluation self concept is often based on this (lack of genuineness) |
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Incongruence
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- conflicted self
- feelings of threat & anxiety when self experience conflicts with self concept - threatening b/c you aren't functioning according to the single standard of the organismic valuing process - consistency is mainted through defense mechanisms - perceptual distortion and denial |
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what happens when the rift between self experience and self concept is too big for the defenses to handle?
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the person experiences psychological distress and personality disintegration
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what is the goal of person centered therapy?
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the goal is to provide a relationship in which clients can achieve improved self concept, greater use of internal local of evaluation
greater awareness of immediate experience |
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what must the therapist offer?
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congruence and genuineness
unconditional + regard empathy |
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what must the client offer?
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state of incongruence
perceive therapists empathy |