Person Centred Approach - What do I know?

What was Carl Rogers view of clients?

• Clients are incapable of making relationships

• Clients have the innate ability to heal themselves

• Clients must have a positive attitude to the counsellor

• Clients do not have the ability to find solutions to problems

Which of the following is not a value of the Person-Centred Approach?

• Thoughtfulness and compassion

• Belief in the other's potential and ability to make the right choices to suit their needs

• Respect, Independence, Privacy, Dignity.

• To consider only the needs of the individual

Which theories fall under the umbrella term of the Humanistic Approach?

• Cognitive Behavioural Approach

• Person Centred Approach

• Transactional Analysis

• Gestalt

Which theorists developed the following theories?

• Transactional Analysis - Maslow

• Gestalt - Laura Perls

• Psychoanalysis - Eric Berne

• Person Centred - Carl Rogers

In the Person Centred Approach what helps clients to develop?

• A counsellor who has had the same experiences

• Use of particular skills

• The right environment

• The opportunity to talk about the past

The Person Centred Counsellor guides the client towards setting goals

• True

• False

Which of the following is not aligned to the use of the core conditions?

• Directing the client's goal setting

• Viewing the client through the lens of a diagnosis

• Counsellor sharing details of a similar experience to the clients'.

• Client experiences a sympathetic response from the counsellor

Which of the following refers to psychological contact

• cognitive contact - sharing meaning

• each person must be aware of the other

• a desire and intention to be in contact with another

• the counsellors availability to the client

• a relationship is necessary for change to occur

Empathy is supported by which of the following

• understanding provided by the counsellor

• a capacity to have psychological contact

• external locus of evaluation

• curiosity about the client's phenomenological experience

In the Person Centred Approach which of the following is required

• Interest in the client's current experience

• Understanding of the unconscious

• for the counsellor to be authentic

• Strengthening of the ego