Counselling Report on Depression

therapist 's role is to listen, teach, and encourage, while the client 's roles is to express concerns,

Over the time in this course I have been drawn to the Person – Centered Theory, I feel like that is what my personality is like, and I would love to continue to grow strong and practice theory that comes natural to me. This is the theory I scored highest on my Selective Theory Sorter- Revised Questionnaire. Person-Centered therapy will have great significance to my development as a professional counselor for the reason that I already think of myself as a very authentic, sympathetic and accepting person. I am an excellent listener, and I have learned to process my thoughts before I speak. I think that a consoling therapist/client relationship is indispensable to the counseling process. Another reason I like this psychotherapy/theory is because

Person-centered therapy views people from a positive perspective. While therapists may not always agree with the choices that a person makes, they always try to accept a person for who they are. The belief is that people can change and become self-actualized. Person-centered therapy focuses on the belief that people’s personalities are influenced by internal and external factors. These experiences will be different for everyone, because we are all exposed to different social and

In the very early years of the person-centred approach, the direction and goals of the therapy were very much determined by the client, with the therapist’s role being to assist the client in clarifying their feelings. This approach of non-directive therapy was associated with a greater self-exploration, increased understanding, and improved self-concept. Further development of person centred therapy has seen a shift in concentration toward the core conditions assumed to be both necessary and sufficient for successful therapy (Cox, Bachkirova & Clutterbuck, 2010)

Counsellors do not offer advice as such but instead give an insight into a client’s feelings and behaviour and they help the client to change their behaviour accordingly. They do this by actively listening to what the client has to say and comment from a professional perspective. Counsellors are trained to be effective helpers, especially in sensitive and difficult situations. They have to be independent, very neutral and professional as well as respecting the privacy and confidentiality of a client. Counselling can help clients to clarify their problems, identify the changes they wish to make and give them a fresh perspective. Counsellors should help them to seek other options and look at the impact that life events have made on the

In the instance of a serious mental health case it is the role of the counsellor to provide complementary support alongside medical professionals providing medical consultation and treatment, with agreement from the medical professional. It is the role of the counsellor to support the client in developing methods to better manage their conditions and so improve their quality of life. It is also the role of the counsellor to maintain a knowledge of serious mental health conditions to enable effective referral upon identification of associated

Person centered Therapy does emphasizes things like the therapy should be a journey shared by the client and the therapist (power point). The major assumption about person centered therapy are that everyone can self-fulling. Once a person can see this in them then they will try to make changes and move forward.

Person-centered therapy standard interventions it is a non-directive therapy approach. The client is encouraged to work through their anxiety as the person-centered. The client will be encouraged to use their own personal idea of themselves when they are having a challenge. Using person-centered therapy has intervention of congruence. Congruence is where the therapist think she understand the client but the client has a different expression because the therapist is not understanding.

It is important that the therapist conduct sessions in a way where they are showing themselves in the session without pretense. This allows a growth-promoting climate with the psychoanalysis of the client’s behavior. An important factor for a successful person-centered therapy allows clients the freedom to develop and control their own lives, rather than being tied to their past (Goodwin, 2008). This method also denotes and consists of psychotherapy theory and humanistic therapy where the concentration is on the present rather than the past, and the humanistic analyst tends to underlines awareness instead of being unaware. Both theories share a common method while patients and clients converse their feelings vocally and the therapist provide analyses.

* Humans develop in a positive and constructive manner if a climate of respect and trust is established. Once proper conditions for growth are present, the client will be facilitated to gain personal insight and take positive steps toward solving difficulties.

After going through her past and presenting symptoms through direct questioning regarding her mood, feelings and appearance on the day, I, confirmed that she was suffering from a severe anxiety type of disorder having admitted to feeling always very tired, detached from her environment, sad, weepy, asocial, inability to open-up and letting her feelings known, apprehensive, thinking negatively most of the time and never trusted anyone excepting her mother and her husband to some extent.

One of the most revolutionary theories in the field of psychology is Carl Roger’s person-centered theory because it is based on the assumption that the client will create his own self-worth, while the therapist provides acceptance and a safe place for a client to explore his feelings, thoughts, and experiences. From my perspective; this theory at the beginning seemed to be one of the easiest ones to do with a client because the client is the one who does most of the work while the therapist is just listening. However, after seeing Carl Rogers interview with Gloria, I came to the conclusion that this theory might be one of the hardest to do from all the other theories that we have seen in the past, as the therapist not

Bohart and Watson (2011) believe that another strength is the fact that the counselor does not assume the role as expert who will impose “the right way of being” on the client (p. 185). The person-centered approach can be used in family, group, or individual therapy. In group settings clients are able to interact with people facing similar situations as themselves. With young children, it is commonly used as play therapy. On the other hand, this approach does not really challenge the client to look beyond changing their outlook on new life experiences. It also does not have a variety of interventions or techniques to employ in a therapeutic setting. This approach is also undirected, meaning that the client is the one who has to find the solution to their own problems rather than the therapist telling or advising them what to

“It is the client who knows what hurts, what directions to go, what problems are crucial, what experiences have been deeply buried.’ (Rogers, 2004, p11).

Person-Centered therapy applied in a therapeutic relationship by the therapist being empathetic and allowing the clients to move in their own time on finding their own self-actualization. This allows the client to gain and learn their own independence and integration in the world that they live in. The therapist not leading the client into any direction but being empathic to what they are going through to help the client’s growth process does this. It is not about the therapist having the client do anything or the therapists do anything but to be open and have a good attitude towards the client (Corey, 2013).