Evaluate Maslow's Theory Of Person Centred Therapy
Chrysalis; diploma in Psychotherapeutic counselling; Year 2 Essay 1 2,406 words P.Reeve; City College, Norwich 08/06/2014
“Evaluate the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients”.
For the purpose of this essay, I will attempt to evaluate the theory that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all they need to treat clients. Therapists will have many different approaches and theories for their interventions, but will arguably all share a common interest, the desire for positive change and outcome for the client. I would argue that all people are individuals, who will potentially respond differently to various theories and approaches. I would …show more content…
However once this need has been satisfied, a person will automatically seek to fulfil the other needs.
There are differences between Rogers and Maslow’s theories however the fundamental ideas were agreed on.
Rogers described some core conditions which were necessary to achieve success within therapy sessions.
1) Empathy - Feeling or attempting to feel what it is that the client is trying to express.
2) Congruence - (or Genuineness) – being honest and genuine with the client.
3) Warmth – (or prizing or Unconditional Positive Regard and being non-judgemental) – valuing a client as a person – regardless of how they may have behaved. (Chrysalis hand-out 2014)
Person Centred Therapy (PCT) or humanistic approach is unique in terms of the therapist and client relationship. In person centred counselling, the relationship between client and therapist is seen as equal, which is unlike that of other approaches within counselling. The humanistic therapist will refer to their “client” rather than their “patient”, which enables the client to see themselves as …show more content…
P. Reeve; City College, Norwich
Rogers believed that although an individual’s problems have arisen from their past, it is more useful and productive for the client to concentrate on the present and future. Rather than liberate the client from their past (Psychodynamic therapy) person centred therapy aims to help the client to achieve personal growth with the hope of the client reaching the point of “self-actualization.”
Within the “Rogerian approach” there is very little in the way of techniques, thereby emphasising the importance of the relationship between the client and the therapist. The relationship is crucial to the success of the therapy.
The only techniques would be to listen, to accept, to understand and to share. The aim of the therapy is for the client to come to terms with their own self, and form an appropriate understanding of themselves and the world around them.
“The therapeutic relationship is the crucial variable, not what the therapists says or
“Evaluate the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients”.
For the purpose of this essay, I will attempt to evaluate the theory that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all they need to treat clients. Therapists will have many different approaches and theories for their interventions, but will arguably all share a common interest, the desire for positive change and outcome for the client. I would argue that all people are individuals, who will potentially respond differently to various theories and approaches. I would …show more content…
However once this need has been satisfied, a person will automatically seek to fulfil the other needs.
There are differences between Rogers and Maslow’s theories however the fundamental ideas were agreed on.
Rogers described some core conditions which were necessary to achieve success within therapy sessions.
1) Empathy - Feeling or attempting to feel what it is that the client is trying to express.
2) Congruence - (or Genuineness) – being honest and genuine with the client.
3) Warmth – (or prizing or Unconditional Positive Regard and being non-judgemental) – valuing a client as a person – regardless of how they may have behaved. (Chrysalis hand-out 2014)
Person Centred Therapy (PCT) or humanistic approach is unique in terms of the therapist and client relationship. In person centred counselling, the relationship between client and therapist is seen as equal, which is unlike that of other approaches within counselling. The humanistic therapist will refer to their “client” rather than their “patient”, which enables the client to see themselves as …show more content…
P. Reeve; City College, Norwich
Rogers believed that although an individual’s problems have arisen from their past, it is more useful and productive for the client to concentrate on the present and future. Rather than liberate the client from their past (Psychodynamic therapy) person centred therapy aims to help the client to achieve personal growth with the hope of the client reaching the point of “self-actualization.”
Within the “Rogerian approach” there is very little in the way of techniques, thereby emphasising the importance of the relationship between the client and the therapist. The relationship is crucial to the success of the therapy.
The only techniques would be to listen, to accept, to understand and to share. The aim of the therapy is for the client to come to terms with their own self, and form an appropriate understanding of themselves and the world around them.
“The therapeutic relationship is the crucial variable, not what the therapists says or