Xavier is a 32-year-old, African American, widowed male. After the loss of his wife he escaped into his work as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CAN) in order to avoid the pain of his loss. However, because of this he also avoided processing the loss of his wife. Approximately six months ago he was laid off from his job after 11 years as a CNA, and as a result he was no longer able to properly care for himself or pay his bills, which resulted in the loss of his housing. Subsequent threats of suicide led to a month long hospitalization, and he was treated for Major Depression. After which Xavier made arrangements to live with a friend, and upon his release from the hospital it was recommended that he continued care in an outpatient …show more content…
The therapist believes the clients are completely capable of healing themselves; he or she just needs the proper environment in which to realize this. The therapist focuses on the person rather than the problem, and with the aid of thorough discussion and a caring, empathetic environment the client will realize he or she can become self-reliant in creating goals and coping with problems. The therapist would see Xavier as someone suffering from a discrepancy between his self-concept and his experience in reality (Corey, 2009). Xavier sees himself as a burden and not a “real man” due to his change in lifestyle over the last year. He has built up a mask through socialization and he needs to remove it so that he can focus on what he thinks of himself and become less concerned about what others think of him. The therapist would see Xavier as completely capable of working through his problem with the aid of their relationship. Within the structure of the relationship between Xavier and his therapist, Xavier’s self-healing will be activated (Corey, 2009). All Xavier needs is empathy and acceptance and he will learn to feel those things about his self.
What might help Xavier?
The person-centered therapy approach suggests that it isn’t the therapist who is helping the client per se, but the client who has the ability to find their own solutions. Therefore, the therapeutic process would not be an attempt to change Xavier;
Rogers worked with many others in developing the idea that clients could heal themselves, if only the therapist provided ‘facilitative’ or core conditions of, ‘empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard.’
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
One of key concepts of person centred therapy is the belief that the client has the ability to become aware of their own problems and has the inherent means to resolve them. In this sense,
Joel himself is the primary element in ensuring the success of his therapy. Therefore it is vital that his therapist pay specific attention to the frame of reference Joel fosters, in addition to his utilization of inner and outer resources. Similarly, it is of upmost importance that Joel’s therapist display an empathic understanding of the experiences and worries Joel is undergoing whilst ensuring a non-judgemental and genuine perspective is communicated. It is also important for Joel’s therapist to remember that she is a guest within Joel’s world of experience (Cox, Bachkirova & Clutterbuck, 2010)
Craig willingly went to a psychiatric facility to seek help for his disorder. Known to him, he thought it was just going to be an instant treatment or prescription of some drugs, while also expressing that he didn’t want to be seen in a psychiatric facility by his friends (It’s Kind of a funny story, 2010). It was to help him participate in a series of therapy in order to help him out with his disorder, so he needed to be checked in and spend at least five days before he could be discharged. The number one major type of therapy involved a one on one session with a therapist— which is known as psychotherapy. In a one on one session with Dr. Minerva who was his therapist, he was able to talk about the things he was really going through, open up about his family, friends and possibly help him figure out the genesis of what created the most stress. Another type of therapy that was used to help Craig was a group therapy. This involved him being a group with
Person-centered therapy is similar in that it identifies a specific personality structure, the OVS. When behavior is congruent and in harmony with the OVS, there is a movement towards self-actualization and the enhancement of being. When humans consciously or unconsciously behave in a way that goes against the OVS, behavior is a detriment to the being and hinders the self-actualization process.
The services provided are a relationship between the therapist assigned, and the client (you), this works because of the rights and responsibilities held by each person. Therapy can bring up past and present emotions and feelings,
The therapist’s function is to aid the client in the exploration and discovery of his or her own inner resources.”
The therapist helps the client identify particular concerns and how this could possibly help or hinder their recovery. Being able to discuss these concerns and receiving a different perspective can help the client view them in a bigger context. Thus allowing them to begin to stabilize and normalize their environment. This new acceptance will then allow the client to see all the different possibilities for a better life.
In Freudian therapy, or psychoanalysis, healing occurs when repressed thoughts and feelings are brought in to consciousness. This allows the patient to develop a stronger ego and resolve internal
Individual therapy will assist with creating and maintaining a healthy relationship with one’s self. It helps those that have not fully developed a self-identity or understanding of their own thoughts and feelings about themselves and how their body is functioning. It also assist with helping them to come out as many are afraid that they may lose their racial/ethnic support system as a result
In this essay I will look at the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients. Firstly, I will outline what Person-Centred therapy is and look at what its originator, Carl Rogers’, theories behind this approach are. I will then discuss some of the criticisms that have been made about Person-Centred Therapy, and weigh them up to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of this therapeutic approach. In the conclusion I will reflect on my learning, and on my own experiences and opinions.
Person centered therapy: Stan was able to articulate the things in his life that he felt were problematic. He also expressed a desire to change these things but lacked knowledge on how to do so. Person centered therapy is based on the theory that we want to actually become the people that we envision ourselves to be and that we base who we are on how we view reality. In person centered therapy with a counselor that Stan could fully trust and be open with, Stan would be able to evaluate himself and his perceptions and take ownership of them. Person centered counselor’s are trained to be extremely empathetic, always positive and are to believe that their clients are fully capable and able to change. A client with Stan’s
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).
The ‘principle of non-action’ (Carl Rogers 1961 p.8), as the Actualising theory suggests, shows that change happens anyway, given the right conditions to promote growth and understanding. The Person-Centred approach is all about the therapeutic relationship and its importance above all else. The emphasis is that it is the client who ‘knows what hurts, what direction to go.’ (Carl Rogers. Becoming a person p12). Meaning that the practitioner need only embody certain conditions, to promote growth and actualisation within their client. There is a focus on ‘meeting’ the client in their process and facilitating the Actualising Tendency (Carl Rogers. 1961), without appropriating the content to the counsellor. In order for this to be achievable Carl Rogers says the counsellor must embody what he calls the three ‘Core Conditions’. The first of these is Unconditional Positive Regard (‘UPR’); this is somewhat elusive as it depends on the attitude of the therapist and is somewhat immeasurable but if present has huge therapeutic qualities on its own. The