Chapter 6 Person Centered Flashcards
What are the core conditions in Person Centered theory but really in any theory
1) Accurate Empathy
2) Counselor’s genuineness (and congruence)
3) Unconditional Positive Regard
What does therapeutic relationship mean?
The therapist is an agent of change, but the counselor/client relationship is what facilitates change, not the therapist’s interventions
What are Roger’s seven stages of change?
1) Experience and communication of self
2) Recognition of feeling
3) Expression of feelings
4) Present moment of experience
5) Personal constructs
6) Complexity and Contradiction
7) Perception of problems/responsibility for situation.
What are Carkhuff’s Core Conditions in Person Centered therapy
Empathy
Authenticity and Genuineness
Respect
Concreteness and specificity
What are the interventions in Person Centered Theory and are must know and use for all theory
Focused (active) Listening or Attending
Summarizing
Clarifying
Reflection of Feelings
Paraphrasing
Process Questions
What Person Centered therapists DO NOT do
Use cliches Give Advice Request explanations Agreeing with the client Disagreeing with the client Giving approval Expressing Disapproval
What is summarizing in Person Centered Intervention?
well timed, emerging insights, client language and not bias on counselor thoughts , to help the clients hear what they said in a slightly different way
What is Focused Listening and Attending in Person Centered therapy?
Listening to the person and their story in particular, if they talk about someone else, you are seeing them and their emotions in it.
What is clarifying in Person Centered Theory
Involve querying the clients to provide more detail or explanation about what they are talking about. Two types, Factual issues: who what where when and why and Two: probe more deeply into their inner lives.
What is reflecting feelings in Person Centered Theory?
counselor is focusing on the clients emotional experience and reflecting that back to the client- giving the emotion a name
Who is Natalie Rogers?
Carl Rogers daughter that incorporated expressive and art therapies
Who is Robert Carkhuff?
His studies were in line with Carl Rogers and he integrated person centered with behavioral methods to balance insight and action
What is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?
Needs from bottom to top: Physiological Needs, Safety and security, love and belongings, self esteem and eventually SELF ACTUALIZATION
What is self actualization
the humble acceptance of positive and negative, being fully human- KEY concept in Human and Existential theories
