Client-Centered Therapy

Carl Rogers was a humanistic psychotherapist who developed the concept of client-centered psychotherapy. He was a brilliant and remarkable person who uses a scientific method of integrating client-centered into psychotherapy. His client-centered approached was to treat the client with respect, have unconditional acceptance and empathic understanding. Also, his theory was to restore people to full function along with maintaining and enhancing themselves. However, it is extraordinary how a therapist can listen to the client without utterance and still contribute to improving the individual emotional needs.
Client –centered therapy is different from other forms of therapy. It is known as a person-centered and non-directive counseling approach that involves helping the client to use their possible resources to solve problems. Carl Rogers believed in creating an environment of acceptance, trust, and empathetic understanding that will make the sessions effective
He characterized self-concept as a well thought-out understanding of beliefs and opinions regarding how the individual see themselves and interface with their general surroundings. The self-concept includes three components. Self-worth, self-image, and ideal self. Self- worth is how an individual thinks or feel about themselves. Rogers believed feelings of self-worth were developed in early youth and were shaped by the communication of the child’s parents. Also, Self-image is how an individual see themselves. Self-image influences people’s perception on what a person thinks feels and behaves in the world. It also affects one’s body image and inner personality. Rogers indicated ideal self is who the individual would like to be and consists of objectives, aspirations in life and changes. The closer the relationship of how an individual acts, and how we want to be as a person, the higher our self-worth