Person centered counselling

• What is it ?

  • a talking therapy with no tasks
  • allows patient to be the expert of themself
  • client can recognise their values, beliefs + behaviours that are preventing self actualisation(conditions of worth) with help of therapist
• What does the therapist do?

  • provides unconditional positive regard
  • allows client to feel valued + share negative feelings/behaviours without judgement
  • client suggests their key issues - therapist acts as a mirror + reflects back their concerns
• Evaluation ?

  1. Effective as modern theory
  2. relies on client having self awareness
  3. relies on subjective experience
• Effective as a modern theory ?

  • compared to CBT it is time consuming + expensive
• Relies on clients having self awareness ?

  • bard with pp who had SZ * depression
• Relies on subjective Experience ?

  • + produces qualitatife data