Article Review #1-Person Centered Therapy
Dalaina D. Burgess
Buena Vista University
Summary Person Centered Therapy was developed by Carl Rogers in the 1940’s and 1950’s. It remains a relevant technique practiced today. This article researched the relevance of Person Centered Therapy since Carl Rogers’s death in the late 1987. The article determined the relevance of this by using three measures. First, how often Person Centered Therapy was included in organizations, journals, and institutes dedicated to this approach. Secondly, it researched how often Person Centered Therapy was included in new research since Rogers’s death. Finally, any current research that has validated Roger’s core conditions (Kirschenbaum & Jourdan,
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This article was able to compile a sizeable list of articles that were found relevant to Person Centered Therapy. I believe that Person Centered Therapy will continue to be a relevant concept for years to come. I have done some research into more current articles on Person Centered Therapy and found that it continues to be a topic that is written about and researched on. Person Centered Therapy has been used amongst culturally diverse populations and has been argued that it could be beneficial to combat war veterans as well. Person Centered Therapy continues to be an effective treatment for depression and potentially effective for panic, anxiety, and personality disorders. Across Axis 1 disorders Person Centered Therapy was comparable to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Process Experiential Therapy, and Psychodynamic approaches (Quinn, 2013). These studies have continued to show the relevance that Person Centered Therapy has in today’s counseling …show more content…
It was proposed that Person Centered Therapy would help the counselor with building empathy with the combat veteran (Quinn, 2008). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder amongst our combat veterans continues to have an impact on individuals, families, and the community as a whole. Counselors need to be willing to try different approaches to be most effective with clients. The fact that Person Centered Therapy can be effective with combat veterans and that counselors are continuing to find ways to utilize it with today’s society again proves that its relevance continues. All professional counselors have the ethical and legal duty to help their clients to the best of their ability. Counselors using Person Centered Therapy are no exception to this rule. It is up to the counselor to gage the best therapeutic benefit within their scope of knowledge for their clients when choosing approaches and theories. In conclusion, I would have to agree with the article that Person Centered Therapy remains an important aspect in counseling today. It continues to be taught not only in entry level college courses but amongst graduate school students as well. Person Centered Therapy has continued to be researched to see its effectiveness amongst different populations such as combat war veterans and multicultural populations.
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
As Corey (2013) discusses, the person-centered approach, may develop a therapist who’s role will be to direct the treatment process rather than challenging clients. Further, therapists could be found in a difficult position, in order to give permission to their clients to find their own way through therapy “ particularly when they are choices that the therapist hoped for p.202 as cited Corey (2013). Finally a primary issue will be a nondirective, passive therapist who will not be able to provide effective treatment as this approach is based on authenticity and congruence. However the argument put forward from Seligman (2006) states that there are a lot of reasons to consider Roger’s person centered approach as a simplistic and unrealistically optimistic approach in therapy. Accordingly to Seligman (2006) by providing empathic listening and genuine caring for the client, cannot be considered as factors for an adequate treatment with long-term results. Further, the approach cannot be useful for clients that have significant psychopathological problems; also by providing unconditional positive regard, therapists develop a utopian world for clients which is far from the real world, above all Seligman ( 2006) in his discussion claims that because of the lack of techniques this approach is not
This assignment is an attempt to discuss two different types of therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and person centered therapy and highlight some important similarities and differences between them.
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,
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)
Person-Centred Therapy is known as one of the 'Humanistic' approaches to therapy. Developed by Carl Rogers (1902-1987), it is rooted in the understanding that an individual knows what they need to be a happy, fully functioning human being capable of growth and change (Mearns & Thorne, 2013).
Person Centered Therapy was established by Carl Rogers, a noted psychologist in the 1940s. This style of therapy deviated from the customary model of the therapist as professional and moved rather toward a nondirective sensitive method that empowers and encourages the client in the therapeutic fashion. The concept is Humanistic in nature which affirms the client’s anatomy, psyche, and soul. It provides clients the freedom to achieve self- realization. Cognitive Behavior Therapy understands personal functioning to be the result of continuous reciprocal interaction between behavior and its social conditions. Therapist used their own life experiences to developed theories that can be conformed to help others. Integrating theories has proven
Essay 1: ‘Evaluate the claim that Person–Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients’.
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.
Client centered or person centered therapy is a favorite therapeutic approach for many professional counselors including myself. What I really like
My beliefs about human life are intricate. We are complex individuals that are shaped not only by our genes, but also by our environments, our experiences and interactions with others. Surely, the way that people behave can be due to psychological disorders that we are not at fault for; however, I also believe that issues involving anxiety, stress and depression are often perpetuated by our own thinking processes and how we feel about ourselves in comparison to the beliefs of others. Often times, I feel that having someone to listen, validate, empathize and care for us is what it takes for change to take place. As social beings, I believe that through interactions with a person who we care about and a person that cares about us, improvements can be made. In reflecting on these beliefs, in this paper I will explore how person-centered therapy has influenced my counseling theory.
Person-Centered Therapy (PCT) is a humanistic approach from the early 1940's that was articulated by Dr. Carl Rogers and currently being studied and expanded by psychologist and colleagues alike. The theory proposes that the agent for self-change is the client rather than the therapeutic techniques. However, like many other humanistic approaches,
Person-centered therapy originated in the mid-1900s with Carl Rogers, who developed an alternative to Freudian psychoanalysis that adopted a more supportive approach. Rogers perceived the role of the therapist to be supportive and encouraging,
A person who would start person centered therapy would be in a state of incongruence or confusion. It is the role of the therapists to prevent this situation from happening and reverse it. Rogers (1959) called his therapeutic approach client-centered or person-centered therapy because of the focus on the person’s or the client’s subjective view of the world not the therapist’s view.
The beginnings of Person-Centered Therapy had a somewhat lonely, pioneering beginning. A man by the name of Carl Rogers is responsible for the development of this theory. Born in 1902, Rogers grew up in a Protestant family that was strictly religious. Despite the strict religious environment, his family’s relationships could be characterized as close, loving relationships (Corey, 2013, p. 173). Rogers began his journey to discover a more therapeutic approach to psychotherapy through his personal experiences and a therapist and client (Casemore, 2011, p. 95). After graduating with a doctorate in clinical and educational psychology, Rogers served as a director in a clinic that provided guidance to children. It was within this environment that Rogers formulated the basic tenants of his Person-Centered Theory. (Truscott, 2010, p. 68). Unlike his predecessor, Sigmund Freud, Rogers was unthreatened by change and welcomed the challenge of asking deep questions that lead him into unfamiliar surroundings (Corey, 2013, p.173). During an era when the Psychoanalytic and Behaviorist approaches and were wildly popular, Rogers was quietly formulating a theory that was to revolutionize the field of psychotherapy (Casemore, 2011, p. 94). Not only was this theory blazing new frontiers, the approach stood in opposition to Psychoanalytic views that highlighted the pathological, childhood desires from which the