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COUNSELLING
CARL
ROGERS
Born
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studied agriculture
1922 attend the World Student Christian
Federation conference in Peking, China
exposed him to other cultures and religions
1924 graduate Wisconsin, enrolled New
Yorks Union Theological Seminary (2 years)
1928 (MA degree) and 1931 (Ph.D)
Columbia University Teachers College,
studied clinical and educational psychology
STAGES / PHASES OF
PERSON-CENTERED
DEVELOPMENTAL
Rogerss early professional years
THERAPY
STAGE
NONDIRECTIVE STAGE
Beginning
of
his
theoretical
development
Understanding the client &
communicating that understanding
CLIENT-CENTERED
PERSON-CENTERED
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE
BEGINNING OF THE
CAREER
NONDIRECTIVE
PSYCHOTHERAPY (1940
1950)
Emphasized the counsellors
CLIENT-CENTERED /
REFLECTIVE
PSYCHOTERAPY (1950
Began 1957)
with the publication of Client-Centered
PERSON-CENTERED /
EXPERIENTIAL THERAPY
(1957 1980)
INFLUENTIAL
PERSON-CENTERED
THERAPY
OTTO RANK
ADLER
EXISTENTIAL WRITERS MAY &
MARTIN BUBER
HUMANISTIC KURT GOLDSTEIN &
MASLOW
PERSON-CENTERED
THEORY OF
PERSONALITY
PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT
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acceptance
: acceptance, is a deep and genuine caring for
the client as a person ; that is, prizing the
person just for being
Grow older manage own physical needs more
effectively & the need for positive regard from
others increases
Individuals perceptions of the positive regard they
received from others have a direct impact on their
own self regard
DEVELOPMENT AND
CONDITIONALITY
Conditional
To
THE FULLY
FUNCTIONING
PERSON
become fully functioning, individuals
must
meet their need for positive regard from others &
have positive regard for themselves can then
experience an optimal level of psychological
functioning
A fully functioning person is not defensive but
open to new experiences without controlling them
Individuals experience an inner freedom to make
decisions and to be responsible for their own lives
become aware of social responsibilities and the
need for fully congruent relationships with others
PERSON-CENTERED
THEORY OF
PSYCHOTHERAPY
GOAL
S
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ASSESSMENT
Limited use of psychological tests
1.
2. INCONGRUENCE
3. CONGRUENCE AND GENUINENESS
4. UNCONDITIONAL POSITVE REGARD
OR ACCEPTANCE
5. EMPHATY
6. PERCEPTION OF EMPHATY AND
ACCEPTANCE
PSYCHOLOGICAL
CONTACT
each
other
presence therapist not just being in
the same room with the client but also
bringing forth her abilities to attend to
and be engaged by the client
INCONGRUENCE
(client)
Client
must be in state of
psychological
vulnerability
:
fearful, anxious or otherwise
distressed
Incongruence
between
the
persons perception of himself
and his actual experience
CONGRUENCE
AND GENUINENESS
(counselor/therapist)
Therapist must be genuinely be herself
Therapist is his actual self in his encounter with the
client
Therapist has access to her feelings and makes
them available, where appropriate, to further the
therapeutic relationship
Genuinely feels for the client, aware of the clients
feelings, expresses her desire to be there for the
client
Congruence includes openness to experiencing the
client, being fully aware, not distorting ones
experience, and being able to be emphatic and to
offer unconditional positive regard to the client
UNCONDITIONAL
POSITVE REGARD OR
ACCEPTANCE
The
therapist
must
have
no
conditions of acceptance but must
accept and appropriate the client
as is
Not agreement with the client but
rather refers to caring for the
person as a separate individual
Makes no judgment of the persons
positive or negative qualities
EMPATHY
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PERCEPTION OF
EMPATHY AND
ACCEPTANCE
The
There
is at least a minimal
degree of communication to the
client
of
the
counselors
understanding
and
unconditional positive regard
THE CLIENTS
EXPERIENCING IN THERAP
The
EXPERIENCING
RESPONSIBILITY
are
responsible
for
themselves both in the
therapeutic
relationship,
and more broadly
EXPERIENCING THE
THERAPIST
Clients
comes to appreciate
the empathy and unconditional
positive regard of the therapist
EXPERIENCING THE
PROCESS OF
EXPLORATION
Client
EXPERIENCING THE
SELF
Self exploration realize that the
EXPERIENCE CHANGE
THE PROCESS OF
PERSON CENTERED
PSYCHOTHERAPY
Real Self
self
Ideal
Locus of
Actualized
Evaluation
* Being Closed
* Not open to
experience
* Not self aware
Self
* Openness to experience
* Self awareness
* Positive self regard
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Not
likely
to
express
feelings
or
take
responsibility
able to
experience and readily communicate feelings
Understand how they have contributed to their
own problems and may not blame others for
them
PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISODER
PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDER
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I) Depression
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Person-Centered Therapists
do not diagnose or suggest,
they empathize with the
individual experiencing grief.
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1)
First phase
The therapist tries to develop trust with
the client and to prevent acting out.
Understanding
acting-out
behavior,
important than getting
involved in
resulting conflicts.
Empathy is directed at understanding the
clients fears, without trying to describe or
explain it.
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1)
Second phase
The therapist tries to understand the unsafe
situation that the clients find themselves in and
works with clients in finding ways to survive
stress.
2)
Third phase
BRIEF THERAPY,
RESEARCH, GENDER
& MULTICULTURAL
ISSUES, AND
GROUP
COUNSELING
BRIEF THERAPY
RESEARCH
GENDER
ISSUES
MULTICULTURAL
ISSUES
There are some similarities between personcentered and Eastern thought, like:
1) Individuals need to be receptive to their
own being Taoist Philosophy
2) Emphasizes openness to other experience
Buddhist psychology
GROUP COUNSELING
1)
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SUMMARY OF
"A BEAUTIFUL MIND
APPLICATION
CONCEPT OF
PERSON-CENTERED
THERAPY TO THE
MAIN CHARACTER
IN
"A BEAUTIFUL
MIND"
PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT
From the movie, we know that John
Nash couldn't communicate well with
others;
he
has
incongruence
between his experience and selfconcept. But like other normal
people, John Nash still need to being
loved by others, being emotionally
and/or physically touched, and being
valued or cared for.
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J. Nash was not getting around with friends; he could not feel the
warmth between friends. He tried to make friends with others but failed. He
felt unpleasantness in his university life.
He created a roommate called Charles in his imagination, someone who
can speak to and share his feelings, and became his good friend and cared
for him.
He tried hard to prove himself and be recognized by others. When his
lost the game to his friend and proposal was rejected, he felt very
depressed.
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SELF-REGARD AND
RELATIONSHIPS
The perception of the positive regard has
given John a direct impact on his self-regard.
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EXPERIENCING THE
SELF
John has gradually encounter positive feelings about
himself and others.
THE FULLY
FUNCTIONING
PERSON
To become fully functioning, John Nash must meet his
CONCLUSION
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John
always
wanted
to
become
somebody. He tried hard to achieve in his
study, his academic and his life.
The first day in university, he already
want to become an useful person, a great
mathematician. He likes to study things no
matter where he was, and related all to
mathematic, this was his tendency to become
a mathematician.
His geniuses has make him became an
important person. Although he was sick, he
still can overcome his problem, be a good
lecturer, a mathematics genius and the Noble
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Positive regard positive regard is the perception of the selfexperience of another person that makes a positive difference
in that the individual feels warmth, liking, respect, and
acceptance towards the other person.
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