Carl roger’s person centered therapy

1. Carl Roger’s Person-Centered Therapy Dayon Thomas M.Sc.(MB) Reg.No.12LS4101

2. PSYCHOLOGY An academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors .  

3. Prominent Branches of Psychology Psychoanalysis Behaviorism Existentialism and Humanism  

4. HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY Holistic  approach to human existence Special attention creativity , free will, and human potential .

5. Carl Rogers Born in 1902 in united states in a family with agriculture backgrounds. Joined agriculture university of Wisconsin Nature taught him the strength of human capability Joined Columbia university and became a psychologist at Rochester Child Guidance Clinic At Ohio state university and development of “Client-centered therapy ”

6. HUMANISTIC APPROACH OF CARL ROGERS In the person, an ability to actualize the self. Result - person solving his or her own problems .

7. THEORY OF THE PERSON The person is an active process Each of us has a natural potential that we can actualize and through which we can find meaning

8. PERSON- CENTERED THERAPY A counseling technique

9. GOALS OF PERSON-CENTERED THERAPY Increase the independence and integration of the client Focus on the person, not the problem Create the conditions necessary for positive growth Develop openness to new experiences, trust in themselves, internal source of evaluation, and willingness to continue growing

10. The Role of the Therapist Therapists are used as instruments of change but are not to direct the change in client Therapist helps develop an environment in which the client can grow Through attitudes of genuine caring, respect, and understanding the client is able to let their defenses down & become more self aware Therapist reflects client’s view of the world(Phenomenological approach)

11. THE PROCESS OF THERAPY There are no real techniques, other than listening, empathizing, understanding, and responding to the client The client’s self-assessment is of primary importance There are no specific stages to the process, as it is all about the client’s own process of change and growth, which must happen at their own pace

12. CONDITIONS IN PERSON-CENTERED THERAPY Direction comes from the client rather than from the therapist’s insights, so referred to as nondirective therapy, later client-centered therapy Empathy Congruence/Genuineness Unconditional Positive Regard

13. CHARACTERISTICS OF A FULLY FUNCTIONING PERSON These people are open to their experiences. They strive to experience life to its fullest & are willing to take some risks . These people live in the present (here & now). These folks trust their own feelings & instincts. They aren’t held back by old standards or concern for what others might think . organismic trusting , experiential freedom , and creativity

14. KEY CONCEPTS Clients have resources for positive movement Client has capacity to resolve life problems without interpretation and direction from therapist Fully experience the present moment Learn to accept oneself Decide on ways to change Views mental health as a congruence between what one wants to become and what one actually is .

15. Applications Individual and group counseling Student-centered teaching and learning Parent-child relations and human relations training labs Anxiety disorders, alcoholism, psychosomatic problems, agoraphobia, interpersonal difficulties, depression, cancer, personality disorders Well suited for early phases of crisis intervention Administration and management and systems and institutions

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