Exam 2 Flashcards
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Who were the two pioneers of person centered therapy?
Carl Rogers and Natalie Rogers
What did Natalie Rogers specialize in?
Person-centered expressive arts therapy
What is the core idea of person centered therapy?
Providing a climate of understanding and acceptance through the client-therapist relationship will enable clients to come to terms with aspects of themselves that they have denied or disowned.
How would person centered therapists describe human nature?
They believe that people are trustworthy with vast potential to understand themselves and solve their own problems. They are capable of self-directed growth without intervention.
Why don’t the majority of person centered therapists find formal diagnosis valuable?
Due to their view that human nature is too complex to be limited to diagnostic symptoms, they find that diagnosis should be focused on a dimensional scale rather than a yes/no approach. In their eyes, diagnosis is a continuous process of self-learning.
What should the therapist focus on doing when taking a person centered approach?
Nurturing the client-therapist relationship. They must allow themselves to be curious to anything the client would like to share and her life. Be fully present while also being sensitive to how they present themselves. (Be congruent!)
What does the person centered therapist hope will be accomplished as the client-therapist relationship is nurtured?
The client will listen to themselves, learn from their experiences, and apply their learnings. They move from an external to an internal point of control.
Leslie Greenberg was able to develop a new kind of person-centered approach. What was it?
Emotion Focused Therapy
What is Emotion Focused Therapy?
A kind of person-centered therapy that involves awareness and productive use of emotions.
What are the differences between Humanism and Existentialism?
Existentialism places greater emphasis on death and meaninglessness, while humanists are more optimistic and less anxiety focused.
What are all the stages of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?
Physiological, Safety, Love/Belonging, Esteem, and Self-actualization
In human centered therapy, what does it mean to be “congruent?”
To be real and genuine with the client
What are the three things needed by the therapist for effective human centered therapy?
Congruence, unconditional positive regard, and accurate empathic understanding
Describe the client/therapist relationship in person centered therapy.
It is a psychological contract between two people; the client is incongruent while the therapist is congruent. Therapist provides unconditional positive regard and empathy to the client.
What is expressive arts therapy?
A kind of therapy that extends the person centered approach to spontaneous creative expression. (Such as art, music, etc.)
What is motivational interviewing?
A counseling method that establishes a supportive relationship between the therapist and the client with the goal of helping the client develop a positive attitude towards change.
When a therapist is doing a motivational interview, what is something that is commonly used?
The therapist will often look for discrepancies; discrepancies can lead to motivation for change
Name all 5 of the states of change.
Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance
How do gestalt therapists view human nature?
They believe that individuals have the capacity to self-regulate when they are aware of themselves and their environment.
What is the main idea of gestalt therapy?
By helping the client enhance awareness of the here-and-now, we can help them self-regulate and mentally heal.
What is field theory? Which kind of therapy emphasizes it?
It’s an idea that emphasizes the relationship between a person and their environment. Gestalt therapy is rooted in this idea.
According to field theory, what does “figure” mean?
Aspects of the individual that is the most noticeable at any moment
According to field theory, what does “ground” mean?
Aspects of the individual that are out of awareness, which are available through clues
What is figure-formation process?
The shifting process of focus between figure and ground
