Person Centred Counselling
Person-centred therapeutic counselling is a non-judgmental, non-directive approach developed by Carl Rogers.
The basic principle of the approach is to work with the client as an individual, avoiding analysis and categorisation in order to perceive the world in which the client moves.
Three fundamental benefits of the person-centred counsellor are empathy, genuine and unconditional positive regard. It is through offering these to the client that a trusting relationship and a sense of safe space can be established.
The person–centred therapist facilitates the exploration and expression of the feelings around client issues. This offers an opportunity for the client to increase self-awareness and gain insights or make sense of their world.
Person-centred counsellors believe that it is through this process of learning that an individual can achieve “actualisation”, i.e. the achievement of potentials and goals, with the additional potential of a resolution specific to the client. |
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