Carl Rogers and his conditions of a successful person- centred therapy. We have been exploring Unconditional Positive Regard‚ a term used by Rogers to describe a basic acceptance and support of a person regardless what they say or do. Unconditional Positive Regard is an attitude of the counsellor towards his client. Rogers believes that this attitude is essential to a healthy development and cause a positive therapeutic movement in a therapy. I find this condition; the very definition of humanity.
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Applicability to Professions I feel that in some contexts‚ the aspects of person-centered therapy would be hard to apply. For instance‚ in counseling someone who had tortured and murdered a child‚ it might be hard to have empathy or unconditional positive regard for them. Another example is the component of being non-directive and how this might apply to a psychiatrist who needs to tell their patient to take their medicine. Essentially‚ while the components of person-centered therapy sound good
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Unconditional Positive Regard is a central concept in the theories of Carl R. Rogers‚ both for psychotherapy and for interpersonal relations. A universal need for positive regard by others appears at about the same time a person begins to experience awareness of self (Rogers‚ 1959). In therapy‚ UPR is a quality of the therapist’s experience toward the client (p. 239). Rogers’ writing sheds light on various aspects of this construct: Unconditional One experiencing UPR holds ‘no conditions of acceptance
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qualities such as Empathy‚ Genuineness and Unconditional positive regard are important in the counselling relationship. Counselling‚ also referred to as the ’talking therapy’‚ is a process whereby a client is provided with a sufficient amount of time and space to share‚ understand and resolve his or her problems ‚ in all confidentiality. (Sutton & Stewart‚ 2008) This process is a two way collaborative exchange and is generally termed as the counselling relationship. The counsellor‚ often described
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they look like‚ how they speak‚ or what they wear. Unconditional love is when you’ve learned to look past all your differences and love someone based on the memories you’ve created with them‚ the life created with them. In today’s society‚ love is defined by the money‚ the looks‚ and the fancy things he or she might get you. The word ‘love’ is overused and it seems as if there aren’t too many people out there that actually express their unconditional love for another individual if they don’t stand
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we are. We want to feel accepted no matter what we may say or do. When we make a mistake‚ we want to be forgiven and we don’t want to experience rejection. We want to be loved unconditionally. A problem comes though when we do not reciprocate unconditional love. For example‚ there will never be real love expressed between two people if both individuals are seeking to have their needs met. How can two people make a relationship work if both define love as‚ "if you love me then you will do what I want"
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Unconditional Love With jolting word choice and the effective application of imagery‚ the poem My Papa’s Waltz‚ written in 1948 by Theodore Roethke (1908 – 1963)‚ presents the speaker as a child who is trapped in a world tragically affected by alcoholism and physical abuse yet who relentlessly attempts to attain love and affection from his drunken and violent father. The whimsical lyrics prompt the reader to recognize that although this poem depicts the essence of a child‚ the implication of
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Task 1: Describe the purpose and nature of counselling The function of personal counselling is to help people to resolve problem areas in their life. Counselling provides an opportunity for the person to explore the difficult feelings‚ thoughts and behaviours that have blocked the way to satisfying relationships‚ personal happiness. The purpose of counselling is to help clients achieve their personal goals‚ and gain greater insight into their lives. One hopes that by the end of this process one
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us or we just do not have the appropriate person to turn to. In these conditions‚ counselling is a really useful option. 2.0 DEFINITION OF COUNSELLING People have always turned to others for help in crisis. In the 20th century‚ perhaps with the decline in formal religious belief in Western cultures‚ there has been a growth in the helping professions‚ such as counselling (Encarta Encyclopedia‚ 2003). Counselling includes the skills of helping people to cope with personal difficulties through
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marriage vow is “a present intention to do something permanently‚ where that is distinct from having a permanent intention.” (Mendus‚ p. 238) Mendus believes that marriage vows are unconditional‚ she doesn’t think that marriage is unconditional however. She doesn’t think marriage is unconditional because it can end in divorce. People say they fall out of love‚ cheat‚ or think their significant other changed. Mendus says that if you think that a person has changed and that makes you “fall
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