PERSON-CENTERED THERAPY (CARL ROGERS)

A central goal of Person-Centered therapy is to:

• Promote stronger defense mechanisms

• Help clients live up to the ideals that they have introjected.

• Promote congruence between the person's experienced self and ideal self

• Encourage clients to look at themselves more objectively and realistically.

The most important function of the Person-Centered therapist is to:

• Be willing to enter into an authentic relationship with a client.

• To identify the obstacles to self-actualization.

• Help clients examine their past relationships and feelings.

• Clarify the client's experience for them

What 3 things are necessary to be an effective Therapist in Person-Centered Therapy, according to Carl Rogers?

• Sympathy, positive regard, and feedback are necessary and sufficient conditions for change.

• Congruence, empathy, and positive regard are necessary and sufficient conditions for change.

• Congruence, feedback, and sympathy are necessary and sufficient conditions for change.

• Congruence, feedback, and humility are necessary and sufficient conditions for change.

Who should lead the sessions in Person-Centered Therapy?

• Therapist

• Supervisor

• Client

• Client's spouse

Rogers believed his method was...

• reconstructive

• supportive

• confrontational

• confuting

What is a crucial part of the process of Person-Centered Therapy?

• Asking question about client's past.

• Giving appropriate advice.

• The concept of understanding.

• Empowering clients to make healthy decisions

What is one primary principle of Person-Centered Therapy?

• The therapist knows best.

• The client is always wrong.

• The therapist has the knowledge to direct therapy sessions.

• The client knows more about themselves than anyone else.

Person-Centered therapeutic techniques include...

• Exposure Therapy

• Questioning

• Reframing

• None of the above

What is the goal of Person-Centered Therapy?

• To facilitate the client's journey toward full potential.

• To reduce or eliminate maladaptive behavior.

• To help client work, play, and love more freely.

• To help clients change relationship patterns that have proven problematic enough to get them to therapy.

What is the most important factor related to progress in person-centered therapy?

• Defining concrete and measurable goals

• The therapist’s technical skills

• The relationship between the client and therapist

• The therapist’s ability to think logically and to scientifically solve problems