Week 3 Articles

Question 1

What are the 6 basic conditions necessary for the process of personality change?

Answer 1

1. two persons are in psychological contact
2. the first, the client is in a state of in-congruence, being vulnerable or anxious.
3. the second, the therapist is congruent or integrated in the relationship.
4. the therapist experiences unconditional positive regard for the client
5. the therapist experiences an empathic understanding of the clients internal frame of reference
6. communication to the client of the therapist empathic understanding and unconditional positive regard is minimally achieved.

Question 2

Carl Rogers developed the client centered approach to psychotherapy known as?

Answer 2

thorough listening and acceptance of who the client is and skillful reflecting back of the clients feelings

Question 3

What is self theory?

Answer 3

theory defined as an individual mistrusting their own feelings and sense of self as a result of socialization which in result causes psychological distress