Client Centred Therapy: Its Current Practice, Implications and Theory

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The final chapter presents a formal treatment of the psychological therory which is basic to the whole client-centred point of view, not only in counselling but in all interpersonal relations.

He was cautious to submit his model of therapy to the scientific method and, when available, he defended his ideas with academic studies. I found the second half of the book more challenging since it provided examples of client-centered techniques in situations that did not apply to areas in which I work, but there were some chapters that I found completely engaging and helpful. That being said, there are some areas where the reader can apprehend that vagaries will be rife and grasping difficult. Published in 1951, this appraoch was way ahead of its time; Rogers putting the client front and centre, thereby forever altering the client-therapist relationship from a top-down affair to a together-forward undertaking; yes, some of the ideas are outdated and the presented science does not hold up to today's standards; it is the therapeutic paradigm shift that makes this worth your time. How could this make sense, given Rogers' approach of offering the client a non-judgmental, non-personal mirror?He received many honors, including the first Distinguished Professsional Contributor Award and the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association. This was back when Rogers was still used to writing academic papers, so parts of it are pretty heavy going, with a lot of transcriptions of counselling sessions. x,xi) This quotation is reminiscent of Socrates who once considered himself a midwife to men concerning their souls and self-knowledge. Those ideas and concepts form a learning model that is still in use today, which is testament to its longevity.

Carl Rogers' well known technique of active listening (mirroring back to the client what he just said) is more than a therapeutic gimmick, it is the manifestation of a profound theory of psychology and an act of faith in humanity. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It's this part of truly understanding the self that is necessary to understand what is going on in front of us or in our own heads. Has a wonderful psychological depth that is told in often intertwining factual and fictional terms to illustrate larger points or the overall themes of chapters or sub chapters. Therefore, I will stand by my rating and end with two quotes I found to be valuable from the reading.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Rogers, Elaine Dorfman, Thomas Gordan, and Nicholas Hobbs, present a synthesis of the basic philosophy of nondirectional counseling. Presenting the non-directive and related points of view in counselling and therapy, Rogers gives a clear exposition of procedures by which individuals who are being counselled may be assisted in achieving for themselves new and more effective personality adjustments. The best vantage point for understanding behavior is from the internal frame of reference of the individual himself” (494). When his ideas were unproven, he had the intellectual honesty to highlight the potential weak spots of his theory.