1.2 The evolution of the term of ‘person-centred’ therapy
Person-centred therapy has multiple stages since its early development. It was known as non-directive or client-centred therapy, person-centred approach (PCA). Most of Rogers’ writings frequently recited his therapy approach as “non-directive” or “client-centred” (Rogers, 1942a, 1942b). Today, the term of “person-centred” is more commonly recognised (Cashmore, 2011).
Tony Merry (1999, 2002), the co-founder of the British Association for the Person-Centred Approach (BAPCA), described that the evolution of person-centred counselling into three phases since 1940s:
i) Phase 1 – from about 1940 to the early 1950s
This first phase could be called the ‘non-directive’ phase. Focus on the acceptance of the client and the establishment of a non-judgmental atmosphere in which the …show more content…
This book is the foundation to the non-directive or client-centred therapy. ii) Client-Centred Therapy: its current practice, implications and theory, 1951, Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Rogers’ first argument of his major theoretical statement on his therapy approach. iii) On Becoming a Person: A therapist’ view of Psychotherapy, 1961, Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Rogers looked into a wider perspective to review human interpersonal and personal relationships. iv) Carl Rogers on Personal Power, 1977, New York: Delacorte Press. This book for a person who are searching for the meaning of life and to be able to trust their own power. In this book Rogers’ has addressed his therapy approach as ‘person-centred approach’.
v) A Way of Being, 1980, Boston: Houghton Mifflin. In this book he transformed the ‘client-centred approach’ to ‘person-centred approach’. He narrowed down his approach not only for the clinical procedure but also for the common people who are not therapists or counsellors. It is more about an approach on how to live a life in the
Person-centred therapy has multiple stages since its early development. It was known as non-directive or client-centred therapy, person-centred approach (PCA). Most of Rogers’ writings frequently recited his therapy approach as “non-directive” or “client-centred” (Rogers, 1942a, 1942b). Today, the term of “person-centred” is more commonly recognised (Cashmore, 2011).
Tony Merry (1999, 2002), the co-founder of the British Association for the Person-Centred Approach (BAPCA), described that the evolution of person-centred counselling into three phases since 1940s:
i) Phase 1 – from about 1940 to the early 1950s
This first phase could be called the ‘non-directive’ phase. Focus on the acceptance of the client and the establishment of a non-judgmental atmosphere in which the …show more content…
This book is the foundation to the non-directive or client-centred therapy. ii) Client-Centred Therapy: its current practice, implications and theory, 1951, Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Rogers’ first argument of his major theoretical statement on his therapy approach. iii) On Becoming a Person: A therapist’ view of Psychotherapy, 1961, Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Rogers looked into a wider perspective to review human interpersonal and personal relationships. iv) Carl Rogers on Personal Power, 1977, New York: Delacorte Press. This book for a person who are searching for the meaning of life and to be able to trust their own power. In this book Rogers’ has addressed his therapy approach as ‘person-centred approach’.
v) A Way of Being, 1980, Boston: Houghton Mifflin. In this book he transformed the ‘client-centred approach’ to ‘person-centred approach’. He narrowed down his approach not only for the clinical procedure but also for the common people who are not therapists or counsellors. It is more about an approach on how to live a life in the