Core Conditions Essay (1682 words) Carl Rogers‚ often described as the founding father of person centered therapy (previously known as patient then client centered therapy)‚ identified 3 major factors (or core conditions) that must be present within a therapeutic relationship for it to develop successfully‚ these are: congruence (also known as genuineness)‚ acceptance (also referred to as Unconditional Positive Regard) and empathy. Congruence (or genuineness) can be described as “the degree
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Oksana Potapchik 1 J. Forsey Phil 2010/3 Feb. 11th‚ 2015 Martin Heidegger Reading Response Heidegger’s theory of the “Da-sein” is a deeply perplexing notion to perceive. In his text “Being and Time”‚ Heidegger coins new terminology that is extremely difficult to understand‚ in fact‚ it seems generates more questioning than it provides us with a solidified understanding of his theory of
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Phenomenology of Love Love is intangible‚ and therefore a mystery to us human beings. The question regarding the actual meaning of love has been asked since perhaps the beginning of time‚ but nobody has arrived to a proper conclusion. Love differs for each and every person. This is probably why people continue to ask the meaning behind it. According to Manuel B. Dy‚ the experience of love stems from the experience of loneliness. It is our natural tendency as human beings to reach out to other
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A PHENOMENOLOGY OF LOVE Loneliness and Love The experience of love begins from the experience of loneliness. The experience of loneliness is basically a human experience. Because man as man is gifted with self-consciousness‚ there comes a point in the stage of man’s life that he comes to an awareness of his unique self and the possibilities open to him. He becomes aware that he is different from others‚ that he is not what others (like his parents) think him to be. As a child‚ his gaze was
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THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF DEATH The first time happened eleven years ago‚ I was 7 years old that time. Everyone was crying and hugging each other. Some were talking to me‚ with tears in their eyes‚ uttering words I cannot understand. My mother was crying‚ too. Then I cried‚ though it was not clear to me what was happening. I just saw my father lying on a box‚ slowly placed on a deep hole. Then some men plowed the soil and covered the hole where my father was in. Four years later‚ the second time‚
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Identify Rogers’s core conditions and choose one to critically reflect. During the 1950’s Carl Rogers developed three core conditions. These conditions continued to be developed by Rogers in the intervening years until his death in 1987. The aim of this essay will demonstrate an understanding of each condition and briefly discuss how they are applied in practice. The role of empathy will be reflected on and critically appraised. Carl Rogers developed three core conditions‚ Emapthy‚ Congruence
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Person Centered Theory A theory basing on concepts from humanistic psychology‚ also known as the “third force” in Psychotherapy by Carl Rogers‚ Person Centered Theory started its journey in the Psychotherapy field in the early 1940s‚ in which‚ according to Corey (2009‚ p.165)‚ “stands out as one of the most influential figures in revolutionizing the direction of counseling theory and practice”‚ as that was a period of time when Psychotherapy was practiced in an approach whereby the therapists
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Presentation of a Research Article Lestia Reese John Lynch Psychology of Adjustment March 03‚ 2013 1The purpose of the article of descriptive phenomenological study was to identify and describe the essential meaning structure in the experience of postpartum depression (PPD). 2They interviewed four women diagnosed with major depression and analyzed the data with Giorgi’s descriptive phenomenological method. Their analysis revealed two essential meaning structures of PPD. The first structure
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“Existentialists focus primarily on matters such as choice‚ individuality‚ subjectivity‚ freedom. And the nature of existence itself. The issues addressed in existentialist philosophy involve the problems of making free choices‚ of taking responsibility for what we choose‚ of overcoming alienation from our lives‚ and so forth.” (1) When looking at the principles of existentialism you can see the connections to other significant problems in our world. Sartre recognized a connection between the principles
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Lundahl 1 Daniel Lundahl Jr. (Herbert) Jill Ciofani-Nolan Third Period English Monday‚ November 25‚ 2013 The Metamorphosis‚ The Stranger‚ and Existentialism One of the saddest aspects of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is the fact that young Gregor genuinely cares about his family. From the opening of the story‚ he is shown to be a person who works hard to support his family‚ even though they do little for themselves. When Gregor morphs into a cockroach‚ however‚ the limits of familial loyalty and
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