Unconditional Love

The therapist experiences unconditional positive regard for the client 5. The therapist experiences an empathetic understanding of the client’s internal frame of reference and tries to communicate this to the client 6. Both 4 and 5 are communicated and to a minimal degree achieved Another…

The counseling technique of coaching comes in various ways and types to the counseling field. Professional coaches provide an ongoing partnership designed to help clients produce fulfilling results in their personal and professional lives. Coaches’ help people improve their performances and enhance the quality of their lives. Coaches are trained to listen, to observe and to customize their approach to individual client needs. They seek to elicit solutions and strategies from the client; they…

Establishing a rapport or building a relationship is difficult in any situation and can be extremely difficult in a therapeutic setting. In a therapeutic setting being about to utilizing the relationship enhancers to improve or establish a rapport with your client is key. Mark Young stated “If we like, respect, and trust someone, there is a free flow of information-no holding back-and that person’s suggestions hold no weight.” (Young, 2013) When a rapport is built between a client and the…

PERSON-CENTERED THERAPY Student’s name Prof’s name Course title Date Person-centered therapy (PCT), also known as person-centered psychotherapy, Rogerian psychotherapy, client-centered therapy or, person-centered counseling. It is a popular treatment that has proven to be effective despite criticism by behaviorists for deficiency of structure. Psychoanalysts too criticize it for its ability to provide conditional relationships. Carl Rogers, a human psychologist who…

1. The three conditions identified by Rogers are authenticity, empathy, and positive regard. Authenticity is being genuine, not being a counterfeit to others, and not expecting your clients to do what you don’t do. Empathy is putting yourself in someone else’s shoes or trying to look at things out of their eyes. Positive regard is accepting the client for who they are and allowing self-determination. 2. The main goal of the first phase of the counseling session is to…

Counseling is an element that is present for everyone and should be utilized, but it is not meant to be used by everyone. Some people may go into counseling for only one or two sessions and discover something useful. Others can go to weeks or even months without getting anywhere productive. My parents, for as long as I can remember, had the hardest time with their marriage. My mother always thought of my father as a fourth child because he did not do anything to “adult”; he would not pay bills,…

There are three key qualities a patient should look for when searching for a therapist: genuineness, respect and empathy. Empathy can be seen as the ability to identify with and comprehend the patient’s situation, motives and feelings. It offers the foundation for a true therapeutic relationship since it creates the personal connection. Qualities of genuineness include being honest, sincere, and open and an absence of phoniness and defensiveness. This allows the patient to be comfortable and…

During the 20th century, Carl Rogers came to be known as one of the most influential American psychologists to date and one of the founders of the humanistic approach. He is best known as the founder of “client-centered” or “non-directive” therapy and who stressed the importance of acceptance, genuineness, and empathy in fostering human growth. Originally studying theology in Vermont, Rogers eventually turned to clinical and educational psychology at the Teachers’ College of Columbia University.…

Clients The duty to warn not only puts these clients at risk of being denied treatment as mentioned, but it poses a threat to all clients; potential clients may deny themselves treatment for fear of a confidentiality breach and/or legal retribution. Since there are limits to confidentiality which clients are informed of, namely the duty to warn here, the most likely result is the discouragement of those that most need treatment (Spector, 2015). According to one study that was conducted 10 years…

In 2006, a pluralistic approach to counselling and psychotherapy was developed (McLeod & Cooper 2007) which embraced the concept of pluralism, where a question was deemed as having multiple truths, rather than one specific answer (Cooper, 2015). It is rooted in a pluralistic viewpoint which advocates that mental health issues stem from a number of contributing factors and no one approach works best, but instead, clients need diverse approaches at different times. Pluralistic practice then…