LITTLE FLOWER INSTITUDE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH

(LISSAH)

AN ASSIGNMENT ON

Person centred counselling in counselling psychology

Submitted to: Blessy submitted by: Abhinav C B

Dept of psychology 5th semester

Submitted on 15/10/2022
 Introduction

For some peoples, an ideal therapeutic approach does not necessarily mean consulting a

professional, answering questions that will help them to determine what’s wrong, and

listening to another person advice them on how to work through their struggles. This

therapeutic process can also involve a more humanistic approach. This type of psychotherapy

is known as client centred therapy

 Person centred counselling

 Working of person centred therapy

 Method involve in person centred therapy

 What person centred therapy help with?

 Goal of person centred therapy

 References
Person centred therapy

 Person centred therapy is a non directive approach to talk therapy. It require the client

to actively take the reins during each therapy session, while the therapist acts mainly

as a guide or a source of support for the client.

 “Person centred therapy allows the client to steer the ship. There is no agenda, no

rush”, says the therapist Catherine Richardson. This person centred approach supports

mental health by coming from a place of empathy during each counselling session.

 The concept of client centred therapy might seem like a kind of humanistic

counselling essentially focused on the client.

 This type of therapy apart that, it centres the client in a more positive and inclusive

manner, providing deeper insight into the difficult situation that they are facing while

also maximizing their ability to resolve on their own.

 American psychologist Carl Rogers(1930) developed client centred therapy to serve

as a contrast to the practice of psychoanalysis, which was a widespread at the time.

 Roger’s theories on humanistic psychology gave rise to the client centred approach to

psychotherapy known as Rogerian therapy.

 Roger used the term “client” rather than “patient” to promote the quality in the

therapist-client relationship.
Working of person centred therapy

1. Genuineness: open communication between the client-centred approach therapist and

the client should be established, where he client centred therapist feels comfortable

sharing their feeling with the client. This will similarly encourage the client to share

their own feelings and engage in honest conversation.

2. Unconditional positive regard: Carl Roger believed that offering people condition

support often makes them develop further problems. The person centred therapist

should create a climate of unconditional positive regard, where the client is free to

express their thoughts and feeling without fear of judgment.

3. Empathetic understanding: empathy is a key quality in person centred therapy. It

fosters a positive relationship between the counselling therapist and client represent a

mirror that reflects the client’s thoughts and emotions so as to help the gain more

insight into the situation they are struggling themselves.

4. Client trust: without trust, person centred therapy cannot be successful. The therapist

must truely believe that the client knows themselves better than they do and must do

everything they can to remain a neutral sounding board.

5. Nondirectiveness: since the client knows best in this type of therapy, they should be

the one driving and or structuring the session. Therapist should be in the passenger’s

seat at all time.

6. Reflection and sounding board: a therapist should act as a sounding board for their

client, repeating back what they hear for clarification and understanding. This means

opinion and judgment should never be stated.

7. Open question: the therapist is merely a sounding board in this type of therapy, they

need to use open questions that can help their client open up and share their more
 information about what they are feeling and or experiencing as they relay their

thoughts and experiences.

8. Paraphrasing: to remain an active listener , therapists will repeat back what they hear

and paraphrases the clients thoughts to help them come to a clients thoughts to help

them come to a clearer understanding of what they mean, think and feel

9. Encouraging phrases: to show engagement, therapists can use encouragers, such as

‘what else’ or ‘go on’ to show they are actively participating as they are listening.

Method involve in person centred therapy

1. Boundaries: setting clear boundaries to maintain a healthy and appropriate

relationship, such as ruling out certain topics of conversation and making it clear how

long each session will last

2. Personal experience: keeping mind that the client is the expert when it comes to

personal experience. It is more helpful to let the client explain what they feel the

problem may be, rather than telling them what the problem is and how they can

resolve it.

3. Calm: sometimes a client may express negative thought about themselves, the people

around the, or about their therapist. Therapists are trained to stay calm while helping

their clients work through their emotions.

4. Active listening: listening actively to the client and helping the work through their

thought. This can help in making the client’s point of view a lot clearer, even to

themselves.
 5. Positive tone: maintain a positive tone of voice encourage the client to communicate

openly. Knowing when to slow down the pace of the conversation or take short pause

can be helpful.

6. Additional help: it is also important to realize that when the client requires more help

that person centred therapy can offer. In such cases, the therapist may recommend

further professional help for the client.

What person centred therapy can help with?

 The person centred therapy may help people who experience:

1. Anxiety and psychosis

2. Dementia

3. Depression

4. Mood disorder

5. Negative thoughts related to post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Goals of person centred therapy

Person centred therapy aims to focus on the person and not the problem, and the goal of the

therapy are:

1. Open to experience- helping the client become vulnerable.

2. Gain self trust- teaching the client they can trust their thoughts and feelings

3. Develop internal analysis methods to evaluate their emotions and external world.

4. Willingness to grow- helping the client to find the strength to continue growing and

flourishing over time.

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