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PERSON-CENTERED THEORY BY CARL ROGERS (Rogers carefully crafted his…

- - - - What states that all matter, both organic and inorganic, tends to evolve from simpler to more complex forms. Example : a snowflake forms from a simple gas to a more complex accumulation of crystals.
    - - Which suggests that all living things, including humans, tend to move toward completion or the fulfillment of potentials. This is the only motive people possess. Because each person operates as one complete organism, actualization involved the whole person - physiological and intellectual, rational and emotional, conscious and unconscious.
  - - - Unconditional Positive Regard
        which means therapists must be empathetic and non-judgmental to convey their feelings of understanding, trust, and confidence that encourage their clients to make their own decisions and choices
      - Empathetic Understanding (Empathy)
        which means therapists completely understand and accept their clients’ thoughts and feelings
      - Congruence
        which means therapists carry no air of authority or professional superiority but, instead, present a true and accessible self that clients can see is honest and transparent
    - - This approach, alone or in combination with other types of therapy, can also be helpful for those who suffer from grief, depression, anxiety, stress, abuse, or other mental health conditions. Person-centered therapists work with both individuals and groups. Since the client must do a lot of the work in person-centered therapy, those who are more motivated are likely to be more successful
      - Benefit
        
        Anyone who would be better off gaining more self-confidence, a stronger sense of identity, and the ability to build healthy interpersonal relationships and to trust his or her own decisions could benefit from person-centered therapy
    - - Person-centered therapy is talk therapy. Your therapist will not judge or try to interpret what you say, but may restate your words in an attempt to fully understand your thoughts and feelings. There may be moments of silence to allow your thoughts to sink in. This client-focused process facilitates your self-discovery, self-acceptance, and a provides a means toward healing and positive growth.
    - - Increase the independence and integration of the client
        
        Focus on the person, not the problem
        
        Create the conditions necessary for positive growth
        
        Develop an openness to new experiences, trust in themselves, internal source of evaluation, and willingness to continue growing
- - - - Believe in freedom, choice, values, personal responsibility, autonomy, meaning
      - Respect for client’s experience and trust in clients ability to change
  - - - Clients come into counseling because they are facing anxiety in trying to construct an identity in a world without intrinsic meaning
    - - Clients need to believe that they have the natural potential to actualize
      - Clients do not suffer from anxiety in creating an identity