CARL ROGERS

• Person-Centered Therapy


  Developed by Carl Rogers, one of the founders of the Humanistic approach in psychotherapy
• Carl Rogers


  • One of the founders of the Humanistic approach in psychotherapy
  • Developed Person-Centered Therapy
• Congruence


  When a person's experiences are matched by an awareness of them and willing to openness
• Incongruence


  When there is a misalignment and not a balance or overlap between the real self and the ideal self
• Formative Tendency


  There is a tendency for all matter, both organic and inorganic, to evolve from simpler to more complex forms
• Actualizing Tendency


  1. The tendency with all humans (and other animals and plants) to move forwards completion of fulfillment of potentials

  2. The need for enhancement and maintenance
• Self-Concept


  Includes all those aspects of one's being and one's experiences that are perceived in awareness (though not always accurately) by the individual
• Ideal Self


  One's view of self as one wishes to be
• Awareness


  The symbolic representation (not necessarily in verbal symbols) of some portion of our experience
• Levels of Awareness


  • Some events are experienced below the threshold of awareness and are ignored or denied
  • Some experiences are accurately symbolized and freely admitted to the self-structure
  • When our experience is not consistent with our view of self, we reshape or distort the experience so that it can be assimilated into or existing self-concept
• Aspects of Self-Concept


  • Self Image (view you have of yourself)
  • Self-Esteem/Self Worth (how much value you place on yourself)
  • Ideal-Self (what you'd like to be)
  • Organismic Self (hungry = find food = tastes good)
• Condition of Worth


  When they perceived that their love ones love them ONLY if they meet their expectations
• Vulnerable


  One is unaware of discrepancy between their organic self and significant experience
• Defensiveness


  The protection of the self-concept against anxiety and threats by the denial or distortion of experiences
• Unconditional Positive Regard

  The therapist accepts and values the client no matter what
• Empathy


  The therapist accurately senses the feelings of their client's and are able to communicate with perception