This is a discussion question.I have attached a power point with some back ground information.This question is in reference to The Person-Centered Approach to group counseling by Carl Rogers.
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PERSON
CENTERED
G R O U P T H E R E O R AT I C A L P R E S E N TAT I O N
SHAUNTA STRAUDER
PRECIOUS FITZGERALD
MARCH 5, 2019
D R . M . B RYA N T
HISTORY OF THE THEORY
• In the 1940’s, Person-centered theory was developed by Carl Rodgers.
This approach was originally a traditional model that has been occupied
beneficially in the history of group counseling and therapy. Person
centered theory empowers and motivates clients, that are active in the
therapeutic process, to have potential, be directive within self and offer
contribution to member growth. In this theory, Roger believes that
humans strives for the best of his or her own potential. Furthermore, the
goal of this group are to gain trust within our surroundings to where we
are able to release our true feeling. When trust is gathered, the group is
able to gain trustworthy within the group and express thoughts amongst
either. Rather than viewing others as damaged and problematic, Personcentered theory identifies each individual to have a desire for personal
growth and change.
KEY CONCEPTS
• Self-Actualization
– When a person reaches their fulfillment within their talents through self-discovery and
growth.
• Positive Regard
– When a person is reaching out for love, respect, appreciation from someone else, which
follows into two types of positive regards: conditional and unconditional. Conditional
positive regard is the strengthening of certain actions and behaviors over others.
Unconditional positive regard is the act of receiving positive responses from people
regardless of the action or behavior.
• Congruence
– The agreement between a person’s self-concept (the way they see themselves), their real
self (who they really are), and their ideal self (the way they would like to be).
• Empathetic Understanding
– The therapists ability to see the clients’ world as his or her own. Likewise, the therapist is
able to interact with the client better and understand why the clients makes certain
decisions.
ROLE AND FUNCTION OF THE LEADER
Therapists most important role of
Person-centered theory is to reverse
the situation. In the year of 1959,
Rogers named his therapeutic
approach Person-centered theory
because he was able to allow the
person’s subjective view of the
world. Clients are mainly responsible
for improving his or her life, rather
than the therapist.
Group leaders and facilitators in this
process “trust the process.” The
group leaders pay close attention to
each other and provide an immense
amount of understanding,
communicate amongst each other,
provide respect and understand each
other’s decisions.
STAGES OF THE PERSON-CENTERED THERAPY
• Stage 1: Clients are defensive and resistant to change. In this stage, clients tend to
acknowledge their feelings and experience from the past, but not present.
• Stage 2: Clients become less intense and begin to discuss external events. Clients describe
unowned feelings and began to feel more comfortable in the session.
• Stage 3: Clients begin to discuss information about themselves. The client is still avoiding
discussion of the present.
• Stage 4: Clients began to discussing deeper feelings as they develop a trustworthy bond
with the counselor. The client begins speak about themselves.
• Stage 5: Clients can express their present emotions with the counselor. He or she begin to
rely on their own abilities to make decisions, and begin to accept the consequences of their
actions.
• Stage 6: Clients no longer need formal counselor. He or she show rapid growth towards
congruence and often begin to develop unconditional positive regard (UPC) for others.
• Stage 7: Clients are fully functioning, self-actualized and empathic and can show UPR
towards others. In this stage, the goals are successful and the client is one step close to
become a better person.
APPLICATION
• The therapeutic techniques and procedures has been applied to working
with, individuals, small groups, and families
• It is shown to be Shown to be as practical as the more goal-oriented
treatments
• Applied broadly in training both professionals and paraprofessionals who
work with people in a diversity of settings
• Emphasizes staying with clients as opposed to getting ahead of them with
interpretation’s
APPLYING THE THERAPEUTIC
TECHNIQUE
To successfully achieve in person-centered therapy,
the person must be willing to learn new experiences,
be able to trust themselves first, internally develop an
assessment of themselves and have the ability to
continue growing. Reflection is a major part of
person-centered therapy.
STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE
APPROACH
L I M I T AT I O N S
S T RE NGT HS
Counselling is private communication between
the client and the therapist that aids in assisting
clients with their current problems by
strengthening the clients well-being. It
empowers them to solve their issues and strive
for imperfection: allowing them to organize
their own session and enlighten more energy
into therapy. PCT allows the therapist to accept
the client the way the are and not pressuring
them to change. The client, then, is able to
reflect on their previous actions and identify
the cause of them.
The limitations in person-centered theory is
founded on the values and attitudes of
therapists and not skills. Secondly, the client
has limited understand and their indications are
nonverbal, which causes the therapist to be too
empathetic. Because PCT is an historical
approach, not all clients know what to achieve
while in therapy. On the contrary,
misunderstanding basic concepts and practical
applications are limitations as well. Most
clients are not motivated when it comes to
therapists listening to their problems and
showing empathy for their experiences.
References
• Raskin, Nathaniel J., Rogers, Carl R., and Witty,
Marjorie C. (2008). Client-Centered Therapy. In
Raymond J. Corsini and Danny Wedding (Eds.), Current
Psychotherapies (pp. 141–186). Belmont, CA: Thomson
Higher Education
• Rogers, C. (1959). A Theory of Therapy, Personality
and Interpersonal Relationships as Developed in the
Client-centered Framework. In (ed.) S.
Koch,Psychology: A Study of a Science. Vol. 3:
Formulations of the Person and the Social Context. New
York: McGraw Hill.
• Rogers, C. R. (1942). Counseling and psychotherapy:
Newer concepts in practice.
• Hazler, Richard J., Counseling and Psychotherapy
Theories and Interventions. Chapter 7: Person-Centered
Theory. 6th Ed. 2016. American Counseling
Association.
A DDIT IONA L
I N F O R M AT I O N
Therapists should treat
clients with dignity and
respect by being aware of
and supportive. Therapist
should support personal
values, beliefs, perspectives
and preferences. They
should not be judgmental of
their client and should
acknowledge every aspect
of their story. Listening and
working is designed to
ensure an outstanding
session and productivity.
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