Person-Centered Theory: Carl Rogers Flashcards
Unlike Freud, who was primarily a theorist and secondarily a therapist, Rogers was a consummate therapist but only a reluctant theorist. He was more concerned with _____ than with discovering why they behaved as they did.
helping people
Even though he formulated a rigorous, internally consistent theory of personality, Rogers did not feel comfortable with the notion of _____.
theory
During the early years, his approach was known as _____ an unfortunate term that remained associated with his name for far too long. Later, his approach was variously termed “client-centered,” “person-centered,” “student-centered,” “group-centered,” and “person to person.”
non-directive
If the therapist is congruent and communicates _____ and accurate empathy to the client, then therapeutic change will occur; if therapeutic change occurs, then the client will experience more self-acceptance, greater trust of self, and so on.
unconditional positive regard
First, an individual must make contact—positive or negative—with another person. This contact is the minimum experience necessary for becoming a person.
Becoming a Person
The person develops a need to be loved, liked, or accepted by another person, a need that Rogers referred to as _____.
positive regard
Positive regard is a prerequisite for _____, defined as the experience of prizing or valuing one’s self.
positive self-regard
- Conditions of Worth
- Incongruence
- Defensiveness
- Disorganization
4 Barriers to Psychological Health
Psychological disequilibrium begins when we fail to recognize our organismic experiences as self-experiences: that is, when we do not accurately symbolize organismic experiences into awareness because they appear to be inconsistent with our emerging self-concept.
Incongruence
This incongruence between our self-concept and our organismic experience is the source of _____.
psychological disorders
The greater the incongruence between our perceived self (self-concept) and our organismic experience, the more _____ as we are.
Vulnerability
A _____ counselor, then, is not simply a kind and friendly person but rather a complete human being with feelings of joy, anger, frustration, confusion,
congruent
Rogers stated that _____ will be more effective if they communicate genuine feelings, even when those feelings are negative or threatening.
therapist
_____ is a deleterious attitude that threatens a positive self-concept and creates disequilibrium within the self-structure.
Self-pity
If the three necessary and sufficient therapeutic conditions of congruence, unconditional positive regard, and empathy are optimal, then what kind of person would emerge?
The Person of Tomorrow
