Unconditional Positive Respect : Personal Aspects

Personal Model of Helping Unconditional Empathetic Empowerment Therapy (UEET) is closely related to Person Centered Therapy to a certain degree. This particular model or approach of therapy is designed to meet the clients where they are, see the issues through their lenses, coach them on goal setting, help client become self-aware so that they can find their own way towards a more fulfilling life style. To be able to help develop and build on a client’s strength is an empowering method and tool

Nowadays the issue of diversity is an important factor to consider as in most countries there is broad range of diversity within that country and its communities. There are different aspects of diversity that exist, such as; sexuality, gender, race and culture. There is no doubt that the counsellor needs to be aware of the complexity of culture (Pedersen & Ivey, 1993). Culture results from the interaction of a number of variables including ethnographic, demographic, socio-economic, and relational

client must be anxious or incongruent and in contact with the therapist. Therapists must be genuine, whereby their words, nonverbal mannerisms and feelings are not to be contradicting. In addition, they must also accept the client and show unconditional care towards them. The therapist must understand the client's thoughts, the ideas, experiences, and feelings, when communicating back this empathic understanding (Murdock, 2009). Firstly, congruence (genuineness or realness) refers to the

a guaranteed outcome if the relationship met the following criteria: two persons are in psychological contact, the client is experiencing incongruence, the therapist is congruent or integrated in the relationship, the therapist experiences unconditional positive regard or real caring for the client, the therapist experiences empathy for the client’s internal frame of reference and endeavors to communicate this to the client, the communication to the client is achieved. These six conditions are considered

own best authority as it is based on the client’s personal experience in his or her own life here and now. It shows the client as someone who has the ability of fulfilling his or her own potential for changes (Mearns & Thorne, 2007) I believe that Carl Rogers Person-Centred counselling is reliable. It developed the method of enhancing the relationship formed between a counsellor or therapist and client. Rogers

when the actual self is the same as the ideal self. They believed in the constant pursuit of self-knowledge and self-improvement to achieve this state. All people are thought to have inherent worth merely by being human. A person's actions may be positive or negative, but that does not affect his worth. Holism • The person in humanism is studied as a whole. She is not looked at in separate parts but is looked at as an entire unit. The theories that came before the humanists focused on the unconscious

for the therapist to demonstrate therapeutic competency, not their skillset. Roger’s firmly stated that the attitude of the therapist it most significant with this approach. Person-Centered Therapy emphasizes the therapist’s ability to build a positive rapport with the client and demonstrate genuine intrinsic empathy to make the client feel comfortable in trusting the counseling process. The way the therapist depicts his or her attitude will set the tone he counseling experience Roger’s believed

progress towards ideal self is self actualization, the basic motivation for all human behavior. Versus maslow, who saw self-actuaization as a need rather than a drive. The praise and love from others of certain behaviors is conditional positive regard. Unconditional positive regard accept and value

and criticism, is important for a client to start to value and accept themselves. In order for a therapist to be able to show unconditional positive regard, they need to know, accept and value themselves and be in touch with their own values and morals. I think that the more a therapist is accepting of who they are themselves, the better they will be able to accept and respect their clients. Congruence Congruence can be explained as genuineness, being honest or real with the client. “Congruence is

Life Experiences and Specific Issues My personal philosophy of life and my philosophy of counseling has been deeply affected by my life experiences as a young child and also as an adult. I am fortunate that my life has been a good life and I consider myself to be fortunate to have to have good parents and many loving family members. I do not recall having any events in my childhood that I would consider to be abusive or neglectful on the part of my family, and for that I consider myself to be