4. Therapy:-
Therapy offers you a safe, confidential
place to talk about your life and anything
that may be confusing, painful or
uncomfortable. It allow you to talk with
someone who is trained to listen
attentively and to help you improve
things or problems.
5. Carl Rogers was born
January 8, 1902 in Oak Park,
Illinois, a suburb of Chicago,
the fourth of six
children. His father was a
successful civil engineer and
his mother was a housewife
and devout Christian. He is
best known as the founder of
‘client-centered’ or ‘non
directive’ therapy.
6. Conti…
• Client-centered therapy was
developed in the 1930s by the
American psychologist Carl Rogers.
Rogers was a humanistic
psychologist who believed how we
live in the here-and-now and our
current perceptions are more
important than the past.
7. Definition:
• Person-centered therapy, which is also
known as client-centered, non-directive,
or Rogerian therapy, is an approach to
counseling and psychotherapy that
places much of the responsibility for the
treatment process on the client, with the
therapist taking a nondirective role.
8. Purpose:
Self esteem:- Openness to experience:-
self-esteem reflects
a person's overall
subjective emotional
evaluation of his or her
own worth. It is a
judgment of oneself as
well as an attitude
toward the self.
Openness to
experience are
generally receptive to
entertaining new and
challenging facets of
cultural life, as well as
personal thoughts and
emotions.
9. Background:
• Developed in the 1930s by the
American psychologist Carl Rogers,
client-centered therapy departed
from the typically formal, detached
role of the therapist emphasized
in psychoanalysis and other forms
of treatment.
10. Conti….
•Rogers believed that therapy should
take place in a supportive
environment created by a close
personal relationship between client
and therapist.
•In person-centered therapy, the client
determines the general direction of
therapy, while the therapist seeks to
increase the client's insight and self-
understanding through informal
clarifying questions
12. person-centered therapy was not intended for a
specific age group or subpopulation but has
been used to treat a broad range of people.
His therapy has also been applied to persons
suffering from depression, anxiety, alcohol
disorders, cognitive dysfunction,
and personality disorders .
13. Conti….
The person-centered approach can be used in
individual, group, or family therapy . With young
children, it is frequently employed as play therapy .
There are no strict guidelines regarding the length of
person-centered therapy. Generally, therapists adhere
to a one-hour session once per week.
The client also decides when to terminate therapy.
Termination usually occurs when he or she feels able
to better cope with life's difficulties.
14. The expected results of person-centered
therapy includes:
Trust in one's inner feelings
increased ability to learn from mistakes
Most positive relationship with others
An increased capacity to experience and
express feelings at the moment they occur
New way of thinking about life
15. If therapy has been unsuccessful:
The client will not move in the
direction of self growth
An individual is not interested in
therapy
He or she may continue to display
behaviors that reflect self-defeating
attitudes or rigid patterns of thinking.
