Person-Centered Therapy (Carl Roger's)

Question 1

what is the main aspect of this therapy?

Answer 1

• ideal self vs. real self
• people are trustworthy
• client therapist relationship is of utmost importance

Question 2

what is your ideal self?

Answer 2

ideology of who we want to/should be according to what societal standards say are admirable traits

Question 3

what is your real self?

Answer 3

who you really are behind closed doors

Question 4

what has your ideal self been used to do?

Answer 4

take ourself to to what our future selves would/should be

Question 5

what is your tension gradient?

Answer 5

anxiety from the difference between your ideal self and real self

Question 6

the more difference between your ideal v real self =_____?

Answer 6

more anxiety

Question 7

the more difference between your ideal v real self =_____?

Answer 7

more anxiety

Question 8

what is conditional positive regard?

Answer 8

(conditional love) acceptance when certain conditions or standards are being met

Question 9

why does conditional positive regard happen?

Answer 9

because we have been told what we SHOULD do

Question 10

what kind of growth are people capable of?

Answer 10

self-directed growth

Question 11

what is the self actualizing tendency?

Answer 11

the desire for self-fulfillment, or a person’s tendency to be actualized in what he or she is potentially

Question 12

Maslow’ s self-actualizing people? (hierarchy of needs?)

Answer 12

self-awareness, freedom, capacity to welcome uncertainty in their lives, inner-directedness, absence of dichotomies (e.g. work/play, love/hate)

Question 13

view of human nature?

Answer 13

optimistic, trustworthy, resourceful, capable of self-understanding and self-direction, and able to live productive lives

Question 14

therapeutic roles?

Answer 14

• Provide a climate for the client to self actualize
• Have to come face-to-face with one’s ideal self that was created through socialization
• Signs that client is becoming self-actualized: an openness to experience, trust in themselves, an internal source of evaluation, a willingness to continue growing.

Question 15

therapist function and role?

Answer 15

• The skill of the therapist is rooted in his or her way of being and attitudes (client- counselor relationship)
• Knowledge , theories, and techniques are not considered important
• Congruence: genuineness or realness
• Unconditional positive regard: full acceptance and caring
• Empathy: grasp the phenomenological world of the client (walk in their shoes)
• Create a safe and non-judgmental environment to allow the client to be vulnerable